I have never felt in tune with the whole... by Robert Wyatt | We Heart Quotes

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I have never felt in tune with the whole rock industry.

- Robert Wyatt

Other quotes by Robert Wyatt

People

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.

- Robert Wyatt

Business People

I think the people who did well, or are happy, in a youth industry, they define themselves out of the business after a decade or so.

- Robert Wyatt

Music

There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz.

- Robert Wyatt

Character Will

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

- Robert Wyatt

Character

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.

- Robert Wyatt

Happiness Work Life

It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic.

- Robert Wyatt

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