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Well, I'm a painter, I was trained as a painter…I seem to have spent a little less time painting tha...

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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 fri...

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We feel that in the future, groups are going to have to offer much more than just a pop show. They'l...

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

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Syd Barrett

Musician

Born: 1946-01-06

Died: 2006-07-07

Syd Barrett (6 January 1946 – 7 July 2006), born Roger Keith Barrett, was an English singer, songwriter, guitarist and artist. He is most remembered as a founding member of psychedelic rock band Pink Floyd, providing major musical and stylistic direction in their early work, although he left the group in 1968 amidst speculations of mental illness exacerbated by heavy drug use.More