Robert Wyatt

I only choose musicians who I think will emerge, can emerge, with their own character, while still going along with the tune in question.

Even if you're specific about the character of the song, it's more exciting to place them, juxtapose them in such a way as to make an adventure out of the sequence of the songs.

In the past, so many of my records, really, have been sketches for records that never really got made.

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.

On the whole, I tend not to listen to my peers.

I find writing songs hard, because it does not come naturally to me. I never set out to be a songwriter or a singer.