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Robert Wyatt

Martin Aston, Q, October 1991

"I'M A MUSICIAN when I remember to be," Robert Wyatt confesses with an earnest tug at his straggly, greying beard. "In fact, I don't even think about it very often. I'm still mainly a jazz fan. If you could get a job as one, I'd apply for it. 'I want you to listen to the entire works of John Coltrane'. 'OK boss, sure...'"

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