Syd Barrett
Syd Barrett
Roger Keith "Syd" Barrettwas 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. Barrett was excluded from Pink Floyd in April 1968 after David Gilmour took over as their new guitarist, and was briefly hospitalised amid speculation of mental illness...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth6 January 1946
rose colour whole
Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.
fun thinking should-have
I think young people should have a lot of fun. But I never seem to have any.
men thinking being-real
It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me. But you know, man, I am totally together.
thinking easy
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.
men middle
All middle men are bad.
theatre band pops
In the future, bands are going to have to offer more than a pop show. They are going to have to an offer a well presented theatre show
thinking
I’m not anything that you think I am
introverted
I wasnt always this introverted.
girl mean sleep
I was sleeping in the woods one night after a gig we'd played somewhere, when I saw this girl appear before me. That girl was Emily. (on how he wrote "See Emily Play") "Chapter 24"-that was from the "I Ching", there was someone around who was very into that, most of the words came straight off that. "Lucifer Sam" was another one-it didn't mean much to me at the time, but then three or four months later it came to mean a lot.
song stars thinking
I think it's good if a song has more than one meaning. Maybe that kind of song can reach far more people.