Where would rock and roll be without feedback? David Gilmour More Quotes by David Gilmour More Quotes From David Gilmour I tend to fly old airplanes and old sort of things that are nearly about as old as me. Biplanes and stuff like that. David Gilmour airplane stuff 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 sound play way We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so why not? David Gilmour why-not cds song The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big studios, EMI and all the record companies - and just doing it themselves, online, selling their stuff, getting known through that medium. David Gilmour records independent band 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 ifs boys believe No one can replace Richard Wright. He was my musical partner and my friend. David Gilmour partners my-friends musical I am not a technophobe and I am using the latest technology today, some 30-odd years later, and I am really enjoying what some of the new technologies can offer. But at the same time I am always aware that one can get bogged down in that technology and that it can become more than just a method. That's something that you have to be slightly careful of. David Gilmour technology today years I don't want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life. David Gilmour members want 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 guitar play thinking 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 finding-yourself play firsts You don't want to believe everything you hear. David Gilmour want believe I remember Adrian [Maben, director] had lots of problems with red tape and dealing with stuff. I think we lost two or three days. Maybe those were the days we had to walk around the summit of Vesuvius, and we went around to the sulfur pits where the ground is bubbling. It's near here. It's fantastic. David Gilmour three two thinking I can't remember really what it's like to do it within Pink Floyd. In my mind, that's a thing of the past. David Gilmour mind remember past We mixed the sounds ourselves. If they were going to put the sound back onto our film [Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.], we wanted to mix it ourselves. David Gilmour pompeii film sound The old ways still apply. You can still send tapes to record companies, and there are record companies, you know, there are one or two of the record companies do declare proudly that they listen to every single one that comes. David Gilmour tape records two Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then. David Gilmour lasts artist years Obviously record companies tend to be following what the scene is rather than making the scene. David Gilmour company records scene To be honest, I don't listen to groups, really. Hardly ever. I know I'm in one, but I don't like them very much. David Gilmour being-honest groups honest I find it incredibly difficult to write anything that's really happy. David Gilmour really-happy difficult writing Little ideas can pop into one's head at any time, and if I'm being reasonably efficient I've got it close enough to hand, then I pop that little tiny moment of a few seconds down onto a tape and then I can forget about it for... years sometimes. David Gilmour hands years ideas
