“I was a latecomer to politics. Maybe I'm just very slow. I got to everything when everyone else had left.” LeftLatecomers Author:Robert Wyatt
“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.” PeopleWellsMeanDoeMightNaturalRebelIrritated Author:Robert Wyatt
“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.” IfsDifferentCountryShowsAbleLawLeftSticksConformist Author:Robert Wyatt
“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.” ThinkingDifferencesSoldierSingersMaking A Difference Author:Robert Wyatt
“I do think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world.” ThinkingWorld Author:Robert Wyatt
“The gap between rich and poor is, in fact, widening enormously. This idea of building up the powers of people who are already powerful and keeping everyone else back is a recipe for endless misery and conflict.” PeopleIdeasFactsPoorPowerfulRichBuildingConflictMiseryEndlessGapsRecipesRich And PoorBuilding Up Author:Robert Wyatt
“In a way, the whole music industry is just catering to the inherent esteem issues all these artists have - it lays it all out on the line and baits the artist, like a light baits a mosquito. And you go right into it. With every comment on the internet, you go up, you go down, and it's a big shitshow full of uneducated people.” PeopleWayWholeBigsLightArtistLinesIssuesIndustryInternetDown AndLaysEsteemCommentInherentMusic IndustryBaitUneducatedMosquitoesCatering Author:Willis Earl Beal
“I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.” I CanImagineNew YorkRevolutionLateJazzExtraordinaryBebop Author:Robert Wyatt
“Because of my politics, people think I'm anti-American. But I was quite the reverse. What I don't like about the United States is when the government acts like an old, imperial 18th- or 19th-century European power.” PeopleThinkingStatesGovernmentUnitedUnited StatesCenturyReverse19th CenturyAnti-american Author:Robert Wyatt
“Everything is this distorted mishmash of pop culture that pulls from this era and that era and is just thrown at the wall. These people have no clue what anything really means. There are guys out there getting a million hits for a video.” PeopleMeanGuyCultureMillionsWallPopsVideoErasThrownCluePop CultureReally Mean Author:Willis Earl Beal