I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music. David Gilmour More Quotes by David Gilmour More Quotes From David Gilmour Pompeii is an extraordinary place to be because it was preserved exactly as it was. There are many other sites. If you visit any other antiquity-type sites throughout the world, they're very damaged with what's gone on over the centuries since they were abandoned. But this one was just, like, sealed, so you're looking at rock surfaces and the carving of letters and names in the stones looks like it was done yesterday. David Gilmour rocks names yesterday I don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use. David Gilmour i-can use ideas I think I'm still trying to be experimental on everything I ever do, but it's not as obviously way-out and experimental as what we were. David Gilmour trying way thinking If you are in a band or in any situation with other people there are obviously brilliant aspects to it, but there are also things that you start finding yourself tied to. David Gilmour finding-yourself band people I don't know what you wanna describe as Rock 'n' Roll, but I certainly thought that 60s stuff, Bob Dylan and the Beatles, changed the world a little bit. But the effect seems to have retreated. I think it's harder than we think to change the world. These things go in cycles. It doesn't seem to have done an awful lot of good, does it? You know, all the talk of racial harmony and equality in the world... we haven't got a long way since the 60s. David Gilmour rocks long thinking If you have a live reputation and your popularity is proven that way, then you're bound to get signed up because they see all those people buying those tickets and they think some of those people will buy those records, and that's what their business is primarily about. David Gilmour tickets people thinking For me, gradually over the years, you refined your tastes in the way you do things and it becomes maybe less experimental. David Gilmour taste way years I'm afraid I haven't become a born-again Christian. I'm sort of 'Church of England, lapsed' is about as far as I go. David Gilmour england church christian I am working on current material, a new album, and that is all still my main motivation of going out and working. We haven't gotten rid of all the new stuff in favor of the old. David Gilmour favors motivation stuff Personally, I'm not very keen on the visualization of absolutely everything. David Gilmour visualization Everyone goes to rotten schools when they're kids, don't they? David Gilmour rotten kids school I like watching sports, you know, all sorts of stuff. David Gilmour watching-sports stuff sports 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 worry trying people I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that well. David Gilmour mother heart thinking Well, I am David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd. I have been since I was 21. David Gilmour wells guitar voice 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 pieces different lovers I actually learned the guitar with the help of a Pete Seeger instructional record when I was 13 or 14. David Gilmour records guitar helping I have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art. David Gilmour making-money interest art I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. David Gilmour moments play thinking Being a musician, being a person who's playing tours and making records is a part-time thing for me at age. I did it, I lived it and I breathed it every day of my life for 30-odd years and now I am slowing down a little bit. But it does not mean that I am any less intense and dedicated to the work that I am doing now. I have other priorities in life as well. David Gilmour priorities-in-life mean years
