David Gilmour Quotes

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.
David Gilmour

Best, Yourself, Find

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

Live, Everything, Moderation

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

Help, Guitar, Learned

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.
David Gilmour

Love, Music, Different

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.
David Gilmour

Find, Play, Guitar

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.
David Gilmour

Time, Guitar, Around

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

Places, Lyrics, Specific

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

Life, Pink, Member

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.
David Gilmour

Work, Play, Same

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

Mean, Moments, Express

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.
David Gilmour

Music, Give, Guitar

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.
David Gilmour

Religion, Boy, Prefer

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.
David Gilmour

Love, Music, Please

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.
David Gilmour

Try, Worry, Days

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

Friend, Partner, Musical

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

Different, Show, Artist

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

Guitar, Since, Voice

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

Playing, Blues, Yes

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Nationality: British

Born: March 6, 1946

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