Fame can take interesting men and thrust mediocrity upon them.

I have a very strong paternal streak. I'm a born father...I get such enjoyment out of being with children. Now they are enjoyable little things. They really are. I like their kind of humor. You can stuff all your punk bands, give me three children instead.

I think that my fascination with clothes generally was motivated by trying to create the characters for the stage.

I can ask for cigarettes in every language

If I never wake again, I certainly will have lived while I was alive.

I'm quite certain that the audience that I've got for my stuff don't listen to the lyrics.

Of course, we found out later Syd Barrett had mental problems. But there was something so otherworldly about him. He was hovering, like, six inches above the ground.