"All middle men are bad."

--

Source : Melody Maker, December 09, 1967.

Syd Barrett

#Men Quotes #Middle Quotes

“I play a couple basic folks songs and break them down. I did that on a six string. I can't recall all the songs on it. There's some finger picking on it.”
“I'm proud of the fact that I'm at a point in my career that if I want to take a little bit of a left turn and make an album that is more hushed, more acoustic and more personal, that I can do it,”
“I don't have a burning desire to go out and document anything. It just happens when it happens. It's not a conscious effort, nor is it a struggle. Wouldn't do it if it was. The idea of the suffering artist has never appealed to me. Being here is suffering enough.”
“We are drowning in images. Photography is used as a propaganda tool, which serves to sell products and ideas. I use the same approach to show aspects of reality.”
“Chart positions aren't the be all and end all.”
“Every man is correct in asking God why he is stuck with himself, and his rotten luck.”
“Life is like eating artichokes; you have got to go through so much to get so little.”
“Shame weighs a lot more than flesh and bone.”

Source : Portia de Rossi (2011). “Unbearable Lightness: A Story of Loss and Gain”, p.234, Simon and Schuster

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