Syd Barrett said this quote

We feel that in the future, groups are going to have to offer much more than just a pop show. They'll have to offer a well-presented theatre show.

~ Syd Barrett

That's all I wanted to do as a kid. Play a guitar properly and jump around. But too many people got in the way.

~ Syd Barrett

Well, I'm a painter, I was trained as a painter…I seem to have spent a little less time painting than I might've done…But it didn't transcend the feeling of playing at UFO and those sort of places with the lights and that, the fact that the group was getting bigger and bigger.

~ Syd Barrett

I'd like to be rich. I'd like a lot of money to put into my physicals and to buy food for all my friends.

~ Syd Barrett