Author: Syd Barrett

Quotes

'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.

'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.

- Syd Barrett

I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.

I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.

- Syd Barrett

I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.

I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.

- Syd Barrett

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher.

- Syd Barrett

Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.

Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.

- Syd Barrett

I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.

I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.

- Syd Barrett

I thought 'Arnold Layne' was a nice name and fitted well into the music I had already composed. Then I thought, 'Arnold must have a hobby,' and it went from there.

I thought 'Arnold Layne' was a nice name and fitted well into the music I had already composed. Then I thought, 'Arnold must have a hobby,' and it went from there.

- Syd Barrett

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

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

- Syd Barrett

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