A biography for Syd Barretthasn’t been written yet.
“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.”
“I like songs that are simple.”
“Have you seen the roses? There's a whole lot of colours.”
“'Arnold Layne' just happens to dig dressing up in women's clothing. A lot of people do - so let's face up to reality.”
“When we parted I had written everything for the group. My leaving sort of evened things out within the group.”
“I've just had an operation, but nothing too serious.”
“Mostly, I just waste my time.”
“Fairy-tales are nice.”
“Living in Cambridge, with nature and everything, it's so clean.”
“It's rather difficult to think of anybody being really interested in me.”