8 quotes by Robert Wyatt

“I don't know how many thoughts we have a second, but it's quite an amazing number, and just to pin down the appropriate sequence of those, all you really need is a pencil and a piece of paper.” — Robert Wyatt

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“Love is blind. My politics has been, too. I think you can fall in love with ideas, and you can fall in love with people. It's a very subjective experience. And I'm loyal to that experience.” — Robert Wyatt

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“Being big and famous doesn't get you more freedom, it gets you less.” — Robert Wyatt

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“It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.” — Robert Wyatt

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“If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy.” — Robert Wyatt

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“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

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“I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away.” — Robert Wyatt

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“People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's quite good, when you think of it. Wouldn't it be sad if I was sitting here wishing it back?” — Robert Wyatt

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