58 Quotes by Syd Barrett

That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way.

I'm full of dust and guitars...

Well, I'm a painter, I was trained as a painter…I seem to have spent a little less time painting than I might've done…But it didn't transcend the feeling of playing at UFO and those sort of places with the lights and that, the fact that the group was getting bigger and bigger.

We feel that in the future, groups are going to have to offer much more than just a pop show. They'll have to offer a well-presented theatre show.

All middle men are bad.

I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.

Have You Got It Yet?

I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any.

I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.