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Thy books should, like thy friends, not many be, yet such wherein men may thy judgment see. ↗

— William Wycherley

#friends #judgment #like #many #may

If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#die #diminishing #energy #experience #feel

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#got #in the past #made #many #never

In theory, I'd like to work in a group. But the group I'd like to work in, all the musicians in them are long since dead. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#group #i #like #long #musicians

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

#elvis #elvis presley #far #frank #frank sinatra

People say, oh it's a shame, you're not nostalgic about the '60s. Well actually, it's quite good, when you think of it. Wouldn't it be sad if I was sitting here wishing it back? ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#actually #back #good #here #i

There are people I would like to work with. It's a bit harder, because I live out in the sticks anyway, and plus being in a wheelchair means that I can't really circulate. So I tend to stick to my own thing. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#because #being #bit #circulate #harder

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

#enjoyed #i #jazz #made #me

There's no field of music which doesn't have good ideas. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#good #good ideas #ideas #music #which

This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome. ↗

— Robert Wyatt

#companies #completely #constant #find #hit