Syd Barrett Quotes

I just want to be left alone.

There were moments when I really just thought, I don't need anything and I don't need anyone. I just want to go away and disappear.

That idea of escapism... these words could sum up my life.

I became somewhat reclusive during a period of time in the '80s.

I really like sort of disappearing.

I don't really see many people... don't really go anywhere either.

My habit of glorifying things far away in space and time, also contributed to my social isolation.

It's lonely up here.

Even though I write about the human race, the further away from them, the better I feel. Two miles is great; two thousand miles is beautiful.

There have always been hermits: people who want to get away from other humans. Literally, some of the first extant books and poems found in Mesopotamia and China mention people living alone in the woods. It's this primal fascination that exists across all cultures and all times.

I'm actually quite a shy person and it's becoming clearer to me. Sometimes I would like to disappear, maybe only for an hour.

She liked to disappear, even when she was in the same room as other people. It was a talent, as it was a curse.

In the meantime, I could withdraw to my room, could hide and sleep as if I were dead

Little as she was addicted to solitude, there had come to be moments when it seemed a welcome escape from the empty noises of her life.

The only refuge left to us was the poet's ivory tower, which we climbed, ever higher, to isolate ourselves from the mob.

...we can all shut-up and go back to our caves.

Sometimes one simply wants to disappear.

I'm trying to arrange my life so I don't have to be present.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The way I spend my time is very isolated and cut off.

I faded away for a while out of necessity.

You must show him, by leaving him severely alone.

I'm so secluded. Very alone.

I have no friends and I never leave my house.

I had become shy of life's bustle in my solitary retreat and was apprehensive at the thought of facing the world.