Syd Barrett Quotes

I just want to play guitar and be in a band. Same as I always did.

Didn't want to be a star, wanted just to play guitar in this cockamamie business.

I really wanted a guitar. As A little boy I used to tell people I was going to be a musician. They would humor me, and I'd make up thirty minute songs and drive them nuts.

I can't play guitar, but I can sure make it howl.

I went straight out of high school, and when I was 17, all I wanted to do was play guitar.

I never wanted to stop. I feel like to the day I die I'll play guitar and sing.

There is nothing wrong about being a rock n' roll guitar player.

I can't do anything but play guitar.

Lots of people can have girlfriends. But I can throw around guitars onstage! That'll be my epitaph: 'He never had a girlfriend, but you should've seen him smash a Les Paul!'

I'm not Amy the star, I'm Amy the girl with the guitar.

I play drums and guitar. My best instrument is definitely drums, so I'm featured a lot on the album drumming. It's pretty futuristic as well.

Writing music and playing guitar was really what I wanted to do forever.

From the age of 14, 13, I guess I wanted to be a rock 'n' roll star. And that was it. I wanted to make a living playing rock 'n' roll, and it was a ridiculously impossible dream at that time. But it was kind of all I ever wanted to do. It's nice to do it.

I always have a guitar with me. Actually, I've got several, I play every day. And I enjoy it. I'm never very far away from them. I swear I only ever get a couple days when I'm away from a guitar, and I never like it! There's always one close by, and I play every day. Or I'll be working on something in the studio and play around a bit. It's an extension of me, really.

I always thought if a guy could play the guitar, he must be something really special.

My chosen instrument is guitar and, fortunately, I'm able to muddle through that. I can play guitar to the point where I can express myself artistically.

I love playing guitar. It's the only thing I've ever really been great at.

Music is my greatest love. If I could play an instrument I would be a musician.

A lot of kids bought guitars and started playing rock'n'roll because of us.

If I could play an instrument, it would probably be a cello or an electric guitar.

I play really bad punk rock guitar. Age-old friends; it's just great hanging out with your mates, causing havoc.

I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than most of us

Ray Cummins is my good friend and one of the best finger pickers around.

I started my career in Dallas, yes. I was born and raised in Dallas. I started my career there when I was very young. My guitar was bigger than I was. That's how young I was.

Neil Young played Helpless, and by the time he finished, we were asking him if we could join his band