I find it incredibly difficult to write anything that's really happy. David Gilmour More Quotes by David Gilmour More Quotes From David Gilmour The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show. David Gilmour differentartistexpectations Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing. David Gilmour People being incredibly rude and playing music incredibly badly and being incredibly obnoxious has always been a teenage sort of thing. David Gilmour teenagerudepeople I think a lot of things do influence me, but the influence mechanism is as such that these things dive into your brain and bury themselves into your subconscious and you're never quite sure where and how they're going to emerge. I don't think I really take direct influence. David Gilmour never-quitbrainthinking It's really tough to get happy music going, you know? David Gilmour happy-musictoughknows I went to a school in Cambridge, which I thought was completely rotten. Yes, hated it. Now they want me to go back there and support this, that, and the other and I haven't managed to pluck up the courage to even face it yet. David Gilmour rottensupportschool I haven't felt compelled to go back in the studio and do anything serious. I have a little sort of home studio thing which I potter about in occasionally. David Gilmour pottershomelittles I've sort of remarried a few years ago and have had a couple more children in the last couple of years. And so home life is taking up a lot of my time. David Gilmour couplehomechildren I've played rugby at school a bit. I didn't play football at school; I played football after school. David Gilmour playfootballschool People in Italy seem to be very capable of singing along with 'Wish You Were Here' perfectly, yet it's hard to get someone in the street who speaks english. David Gilmour speak-englishsingingpeople I can remember a lot of nights performing in those early years where you felt that you hit some good moments, but a lot of the time you're thinking, "Oh, God, this isn't quite making it." So I think that is what makes you in the end refine your view of things a little bit. David Gilmour viewsnightthinking I don't live my life on the road. I'm getting on a bit and there's a lot of other things in my life. Our lovely children and their lives. It's more of a part-time business these days. David Gilmour lovelyliving-my-lifechildren There's no way out of here. David Gilmour way I'm English and I am British. I don't know if I feel part of a music scene. Musically, I have as many feelings and affinity with Americans or Canadians, or all sorts of people as I do with English people. David Gilmour scenefeelingspeople 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 pleaseconcertspeople It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations. David Gilmour crazygivingamerica I think a guitar solo is how my emotion is most freely released, because verbal articulation isn't my strongest communication strength. My wife thinks that I should do interviews by listening to the questions and playing the answer on guitar. David Gilmour guitarcommunicationwifestrength 'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and 'Wish You Were Here' are standout tracks. 'Comfortably Numb' is another one. 'High Hopes' from 'The Division Bell' is one of my favorite all-time Pink Floyd tracks. 'The Great Gig in the Sky,' 'Echoes,' there's lot of them. David Gilmour greatyoucrazysky It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the top. And as an instrument for solos, you can bend notes, draw emotional content out of tiny movements, vibratos and tonal things which even a piano can't do. David Gilmour youguitaremotionalplay When you realize that you have a little germ of an idea that has - I suppose I can only say, has to me - a little taste of magic to it. You have this idea that there are millions, literally, of people listening to it at the same time as you and that little strange telepathy of a feeling that you're sharing something live with all those people. David Gilmour meyoutimepeople
