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title: "1 Records Really Quotes By Robert Wyatt"
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> [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/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/291/robert-wyatt-8333_made_in-the-past-so-many-of-my-records-really_506384.png)

## 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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