David Gilmour (Musician)

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by. ➡

I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to. ➡

If people would like to come to my concerts I'd love them to come. And if they like the music that I make, I love that too. But I do not make music for other people. I make it to please myself. ➡

Well, I am David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd. I have been since I was 21. ➡

It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you. ➡

I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also will use any gadget or device that I find that helps me achieve the sort of sound on the guitar that I want to get. ➡

I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence. ➡

I've never had any religion. I'd prefer it if I did, really. Even as a boy I just couldn't make myself believe. ➡

Usually, in the studio, on this sort of thing... you just go out and have a play over it, and see what comes, and it's usually - mostly - the first take that's the best one, and you find yourself repeating yourself thereafter. ➡

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation. ➡

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day. ➡

No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend. ➡

I actually learned the guitar with the help of a Pete Seeger instructional record when I was 13 or 14. ➡

I don't want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life. ➡

I just play intuitively and work the same way in the studio. I don't have any magical effects or anything that helps me to get my particular sound. ➡

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show. ➡

I think I could walk into any music shop anywhere and with a guitar off the rack, a couple of basic pedals and an amp I could sound just like me. There's no devices, customized or otherwise, that give me my sound. ➡

Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing. ➡

Everything in moderation - thats what I live by. ➡