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Robert Wyatt quotes: I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar.

I would like to think that the singer is the butterfly, and the drummer was just the little grub in the ground, working to become a caterpillar.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.

I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.

Robert Wyatt quotes: In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long since dead.

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long since dead.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I was a latecomer to politics. Maybe I'm just very slow. I got to everything when everyone else had left.

I was a latecomer to politics. Maybe I'm just very slow. I got to everything when everyone else had left.

Robert Wyatt quotes: Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.

Anybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.

Robert Wyatt quotes: This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome.

Robert Wyatt quotes: There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas.

Robert Wyatt quotes: What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.

What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.

Robert Wyatt quotes: Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I don't do live things.

I don't do live things.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.

I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I looked at what adults were doing and how they wanted to earn money, and I really didn't want to do that. I wanted to go away.

I looked at what adults were doing and how they wanted to earn money, and I really didn't want to do that. I wanted to go away.

Robert Wyatt quotes: People who had empires, unfortunately, want them back eventually, somehow, someway.

People who had empires, unfortunately, want them back eventually, somehow, someway.

Robert Wyatt quotes: Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.

Drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble.

Robert Wyatt quotes: What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation.

What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

Robert Wyatt quotes: The missing links in my life's work, no less!

The missing links in my life's work, no less!

Robert Wyatt quotes: When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

When I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I'm not a soldier for anything, either. I'm only a singer and I don't think it makes a difference what we sing.

I'm not a soldier for anything, either. I'm only a singer and I don't think it makes a difference what we sing.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don't want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal.

I know people who grow old and bitter. I want to keep making a fresh start. I don't want them to defeat me. That would be suicidal.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I don't want to be a professional cripple. And I don't see the suicide stuff as tragic.

I don't want to be a professional cripple. And I don't see the suicide stuff as tragic.

Robert Wyatt quotes: What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

What keeps me going is a constant sense of disappointment with what I've already done.

Robert Wyatt quotes: On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

Robert Wyatt quotes: We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise.

We did not get any money from the early records. It was all taken by crooked managers. It is just a gangster's paradise.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.

I'm not, by nature, a collaborator. My biggest influences were people like painters and poets. These are solitary workers.

Robert Wyatt quotes: In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made.

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made.

Robert Wyatt quotes: The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

The most effective instruments do have a vocal quality.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song.

I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song.

Robert Wyatt quotes: The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.

The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I do think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world.

I do think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world.

Robert Wyatt quotes: I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.

I'm just a very primitive, infantile folk singer.