“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."” PeopleThinkingWorldShouldLooksPersonsSongPoorHabitSexyPopsHeySensitiveLook At MeCruel WorldSensitive PersonPoor Me Author:Robert Wyatt
“What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.” SongCultureCoveredAmazing ThingsPopular CulturePopular SongAccessibility Author:Robert Wyatt
“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.” PeopleWantWritingTwoPlayNightSongChallengesRecordsFiveMonthsRadioFantasticComposerSaturdaySaturday NightTwo Months Author:Robert Wyatt
“We've all got to earn a living. And writing songs is what I do. But when I've done a record, it's not that I think it's better or worse than anyone else's, but if I think that nobody else would have done it if I hadn't, well then that's ok.” IfsThinkingWritingWellsDoneSongRecordsWriting Songs Author:Robert Wyatt
“People are quite shocked when you remind them that Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra never wrote a song that they recorded in their lives, as far as I know.” PeopleKnowsSongFrankShocked Author:Robert Wyatt
“I'm not full of malice, but I do dislike Neil Diamond a lot, and I'm sorry that I've done a Neil Diamond song.” DoneSongSorryDislikeDiamondI'm SorryMalice Author:Robert Wyatt
“Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to make an adventure out of the sequence of the songs.” IfsWayCharacterSongAdventureTravelExcitingFunny TravelSequence Author:Robert Wyatt
“I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.” WritingDoeHardSongSingersSongwritersWriting Songs Author:Robert Wyatt
