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
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.
thinking
I’m not anything that you think I am
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.
english-musician good
I've got an idea that there must be someone to play with. If I was going to play properly, I should need some really good people.
english-musician sort written
When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.
english-musician guitar hendrix jump people perfect properly
Hendrix was a perfect guitarist. That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way.
clean cambridge
Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.
serious operations
I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.
two years lasts
The only work I've done the last two years is interviews. I'm very good at it.
song simple
I like songs that are simple.
pace months groups
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.
should
I don't really read a lot. Maybe I should.