Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyatt
Robert Wyattis an English musician, and founding member of the influential Canterbury scene band Soft Machine, with a long and distinguished solo career. He is married to English painter and songwriter Alfreda Benge...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionDrummer
Date of Birth28 January 1945
drinking giving helping
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.
people empires want
People who had empires, unfortunately, want them back eventually, somehow, someway.
sexy song thinking
People have habits about what they think songs should be like. There's the folky thing of: "Poor me, I'm a sensitive person in a cruel world." Or the pop thing of: "Hey, look at me, I'm sexy."
mean people doe
I get slightly irritated by people who say they're natural rebels because it just means that they're going to be against whatever anybody does, which is almost like saying you might as well leave it as it is.
latecomers left
I was a latecomer to politics. Maybe I'm just very slow. I got to everything when everyone else had left.
hurt people humiliation
What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation.
going-away want adults
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.
suicide want stuff
I don't want to be a professional cripple. And I don't see the suicide stuff as tragic.
song writing night
There are a lot of composers who were fantastic, but I challenge them to write a record that you could play five times a day for two months on the radio, songs that people will want to dance to on a Saturday night.
song culture accessibility
What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.
country law able
I'm naturally quite conformist, really. If I go to a country and they say, "You've got to drive on the right," I'm not going to drive on the left to show that I'm different. I'm able to stick to the law.
music swimming thinking
I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really.
business talking 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.
thinking differences soldier
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.