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title: "1 Direct Influence Quotes By David Gilmour"
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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-think-a-lot-of-things-do-influence-me-but-the-influence-mechanism/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

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## More by David Gilmour

> [“Women can be kind of a blood sport.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/women-can-be-kind-of-a-blood-sport/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [God created a system which gave us freewill.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/god-created-a-system-which-gave-us-freewill/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I was never particularly gregarious. I was quite shy, closed in. It's a classic isn't it, your psychiatrist will tell you, that's how I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-was-never-particularly-gregarious-i-was-quite-shy-closed-in-it-s-a/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I am in a space now where I can try anything; and with Pink Floyd we've always been in a space where we were…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-am-in-a-space-now-where-i-can-try-anything-and-with-pink-floyd-we/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-don-t-even-think-whether-i-play-the-blues-or-not-i-just-play/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [Adrian Maben came to us with the idea. And we just thought, "Well, why not?" I don't think any of us thought it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/adrian-maben-came-to-us-with-the-idea-and-we-just-thought-well-why/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I think myself that, rather like books, music is meant to enter into the brain, well via your ears rather than your eyes but,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-think-myself-that-rather-like-books-music-is-meant-to-enter-into/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [It's really tough to get happy music going, you know?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/it-s-really-tough-to-get-happy-music-going-you-know/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/it-s-a-magical-thing-the-guitar-it-allows-you-to-be-the-whole-band-in/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I mean that it's all right to go to bed with an asshole but don't ever have a baby with one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-mean-that-it-s-all-right-to-go-to-bed-with-an-asshole-but-don-t/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I think once you've seen a song with a video, it limits your own mind's ability to read into it anything other than what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-think-once-you-ve-seen-a-song-with-a-video-it-limits-your-own-mind/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I'm an atheist, and I don't have any belief in an afterlife...](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-m-an-atheist-and-i-don-t-have-any-belief-in-an-afterlife/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [ I haven't watched it \[the film 'Pink Floyd at Pompeii'\] in years. I find it excruciating. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-haven-t-watched-it-the-film-pink-floyd-at-pompeii-in-years-i-find/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [ We mixed the sounds ourselves. If they were going to put the sound back onto our film \[Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.\], we wanted… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/we-mixed-the-sounds-ourselves-if-they-were-going-to-put-the-sound/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

> [I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-mean-i-have-moments-of-huge-frustration-because-of-my-inability-to/)

[David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/)

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