Quotes About Syd

Syd always gets in there.

He's out there waiting for us. We his the street, and we're ducks in a barrel. (Steele) Isn't that fish in a barrel? (Syd) Don't fuck with my metaphors right now, Syd. Can't you see that I'm under stress? (Steele)

You are so vicious. (Tee) Hence the nickname. (Syd) You know it's bad when you make me look like Glinda the Good Witch, right? (Tee) Just call me Elphaba. But don't drop a house on me, 'kay? (Syd)

Where's he shooting from? (Syd) I don't know. You want to go look out the window and tell me the answer? (Steele)

I really liked them, not just Syd, but all of them. Roger was very important, I thought, his contribution. And so was Rick's organ playing. It was a good band. It became something else completely, obviously.

We thought we could augment the band with an extra guitarist to take the pressure off Syd. Jeff Beck's name was mentioned, which would have been an interesting (and spectacular) experiment. I don't think any of us would have had the courage to make the phone call at the time. Roger eventually managed it twenty-five years later.

Storm also recalls that Syd adored the Beatles, at a time when most of his friends preferred the Stones.

Everyone remembers Syd for his songwriting, but he probably deserves equal credit for his radical concept of improvised rock music.

The press had missed the real story: that our front man, guitarist and songwriter was beginning to unravel in a serious way. We weren't oblivious to the fact, but from our point of view Syd was having good days and bad days, and the bad days seemed to be increasing in number.