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Syd Barrett [1946-2006] English
Rank: 101
Musician


Roger Keith "Syd" Barrett was an English musician, composer, singer, songwriter, and painter. Best known as a founder member of the band Pink Floyd, Barrett was the lead singer, guitarist and principal songwriter in its early years and is credited with naming the band. 

Food, Money, Teacher



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I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any.
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I don't think I'm easy to talk about. I've got a very irregular head. And I'm not anything that you think I am anyway.
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I wasn't always this introverted.
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I'm disappearing, avoiding most things.
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I'm full of dust and guitars.
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I'm treading the backward path. Mostly, I just waste my time.
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I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.
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Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.
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I never felt so close to a guitar as that silver one with mirrors that I used on stage all the time.
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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. Food, Money
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Fairy-tales are nice.
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I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.
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The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it.
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It's always been too slow for me. Playing. The pace of things. I'm a fast sprinter. The trouble was, after playing in the group for a few months, I couldn't reach that point.
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Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.
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I'm sorry I can't speak very coherently.
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Getting used to the studio and everything was fun, we freaked about alot. I was working very hard then.
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A lot of people want to make films and do photography and things, but I'm quite happy doing what I'm doing.
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I do tend to take lines from other lines I like, and then write around them.
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I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.
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I like songs that are simple.
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If I'd stayed at college I would have become a teacher. Teacher
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When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.
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