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title: "2 Conformist Quotes By Robert Wyatt"
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> [I get slightly irritated by people who say they're natural rebels because it just means that they're going to be against whatever anybody does, which is almost like saying you might as well leave it as it is. I'm naturally…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-get-slightly-irritated-by-people-who-say-they-re-natural-rebels/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2b0/robert-wyatt-8333_conformist_i-get-slightly-irritated-by-people-who-s_1035256.jpg)

> [I'm naturally quite conformist, really. If I go to a country and they say, "You've got to drive on the right," I'm not going to drive on the left to show that I'm different. I'm able to stick to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-wyatt/i-m-naturally-quite-conformist-really-if-i-go-to-a-country-and-they/)

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

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22c/robert-wyatt-8333_able_i-m-naturally-quite-conformist-really-if_1174890.jpg)

## Other authors on Conformist

## 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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