top of page
Exlpore more Money quotes

"You stick a credit card in a machine, and you pay $3 or whatever it is to get cash - your own money."

"Not only should we be giving Amtrak the money it needs to continue to provide services; we should be providing security money to upgrade their tracks and improve safety and security measures in the entire rail system."

"Architect. One who drafts a plan of your house, and plans a draft of your money."

"If an original piece of wardrobe came up from Star Wars, I'd probably spend a lot of money on it."

"A novelty in Polish filmmaking was that it was possible to find funds for a big production. However, at the same time, the state budget committed less and less money to filmmaking."

"Politics isn't about big money or power games; it's about the improvement of people's lives."
Explore more quotes by Robert Wyatt


"This constant pressure from record companies to come up with a hit single or something like that, I find completely tiresome."


"I've always liked pop music. There was a bit of a misunderstanding with the avant-garde rock scene, because I think I was sort of swimming the wrong way, really."


"I play music a lot but on my own mostly, so it was nice to be around other people. There was a certain sense a relief in the physical act of just playing and being with other musicians."


"I find it hard to take rock groups very seriously or treat them with respect. There is something absurd about these gloomy young men getting together and banging away."


"It was physically difficult, adjusting to wheelchair life, but I remember a great relief and happiness that I was finally getting somewhere, finding musicians to work with that were sympathetic."


"There are singers that I have enjoyed, from Nina Simone and Ray Charles onward. But the music that made music the number one thing for me as a youth was jazz."


"If you've never felt that you quite got a hold of it, you just feel that before you die, you've got to try and get it right once. And hope that the experience you have makes up for the some of the diminishing energy."


"When 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."


"I don't find the business easy. The moment you start talking about the business, you start sounding like someone in Spinal Tap."
bottom of page