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title: "2 19th century Quotes By Robert Wyatt"
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> [I think there are deep structural things that are wrong in the world. The US is the Western empire of the 19th century regrouping in the 20th, not out of wickedness, but because everybody else in Eurasia was so completely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-think-there-are-deep-structural-things-that-are-wrong-in-the-world/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/720/robert-wyatt-8333_19th-century_i-think-there-are-deep-structural-things_1956549.jpg)

> [Because of my politics, people think I'm anti-American. But I was quite the reverse. What I don't like about the United States is when the government acts like an old, imperial 18th- or 19th-century European power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/because-of-my-politics-people-think-i-m-anti-american-but-i-was-quite/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bd7/robert-wyatt-8333_19th-century_because-of-my-politics-people-think-i-m_2007878.png)

## Other authors on 19th century

## More by Robert Wyatt

> [There are people I would like to work with. Its a bit harder, because I live out in the sticks anyway, and plus being…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/there-are-people-i-would-like-to-work-with-its-a-bit-harder-because-i/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/it-was-physically-difficult-adjusting-to-wheelchair-life-but-i/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/even-if-you-re-specific-about-the-character-of-the-song-it-s-more/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/in-theory-i-d-like-to-work-in-a-group-but-the-group-i-d-like-to-work/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [What hurts people a lot is taking humiliation.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/what-hurts-people-a-lot-is-taking-humiliation/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/there-are-singers-that-i-have-enjoyed-from-nina-simone-and-ray/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [The missing links in my life's work, no less!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/the-missing-links-in-my-life-s-work-no-less/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [The things that I draw on, and the world that I feel part of, aren't particularly youth culture.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/the-things-that-i-draw-on-and-the-world-that-i-feel-part-of-aren-t/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [I just saw a recent television program about art, and it was saying how from the end of the Second World War, so much…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-just-saw-a-recent-television-program-about-art-and-it-was-saying/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [I can't imagine my life without the extraordinary bebop jazz revolution in New York in late '40s and '50s.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-can-t-imagine-my-life-without-the-extraordinary-bebop-jazz/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [What I like about popular culture is its accessibility, and I've covered popular songs because they are amazing things.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/what-i-like-about-popular-culture-is-its-accessibility-and-i-ve/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [I looked at what adults were doing and how they wanted to earn money, and I really didn't want to do that. I wanted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-looked-at-what-adults-were-doing-and-how-they-wanted-to-earn-money/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [I prefer the mystic clouds of nostalgia to the real thing, to be honest.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-prefer-the-mystic-clouds-of-nostalgia-to-the-real-thing-to-be-honest/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/in-the-past-so-many-of-my-records-really-have-been-sketches-for/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

> [It just doesn't mean anything to me, the high-profile, big money side of things. I just want enough to live on, and to be…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/it-just-doesn-t-mean-anything-to-me-the-high-profile-big-money-side/)

[Robert Wyatt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-wyatt/)

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