Best known as one of the founding members of the greatest rock band of all times, Pink Floyd, Syd Barrett was an English singer, songwriter and a musician. Born and raised in Cambridge, England, Syd was in love with the art of music during all his growing up years. Syd, along with his mates, laid the foundation of the band Pink Floyd in the mid 1960s but he was soon ousted from the band due to the increased instances of his mental illnesses and overuse of psychedelics. Before he left the band, they had recorded four albums together such as ‘The Piper at the Gates of Dawn’ and ‘The Madcap Laughs’. Soon after he was ousted from the band, Syd quit music and spent his later life in anonymity before the news about his demise surfaced in 2006. We have gathered the best of Syd Barrett quotes on time, thoughts, colours, people, life, love and friendship taken from his concerts and interviews.