Best David Gilmour Quotes

The Top Ten

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

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

3 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.

4 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.

5 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.

6 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.

7 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.

8 I dont want to be a full time member of Pink Floyd all my life.

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

10 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.

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