I stopped drinking a few years ago, and drinking was a big help with me making music, because drinking gives you courage. But it also makes you reckless, and that's the trouble. You can get away with that your 20s, but not in your 60s, and I'll be 70 next year. Life is a small space now, much more intimate. I'm not out there in the world anymore, but I'm watching.
Robert WyattAnybody who thinks pop music's easy should try to make a pop single and find out that it isn't.
Robert WyattI find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.
Robert WyattWhen I'm singing I try not be a singer with a capital S. I just try to get it out so I feel comfortable with it.
Robert Wyatt