Robert Wyatt

“For me, as a fan, the last thing I want is to see a rock band that has been playing for 50 years.”

“I think the thing about capitalism is it's an absolutely brilliant system for creating and distributing material wealth, but it's a disastrous system for all the other things that make being human worthwhile.”

“Different things strike different people. It's all about what you're receptive to.”

“To be a socialist is to be an optimist.”

“The way I feel about it is that I'm a person who has a role to play in a story that's not my own.”

“Pop music is not a natural part of the human condition, it's a commercial construct.”

“There's a difference between being a mouthpiece and a singer.”

“I'm not a proper songwriter. I can't do it. I can't think of a story and then write it. I'd love to be able to do that, but I can't.”

“The English are good at sarcastic humor.”

“I'm not really interested in music. I'm interested in sounds.”

“I think memory is a muscle.”

“I'm not part of the music industry. I'm a craftsman.”