--- title: "10 Knows Quotes By David Gilmour" description: "10 Knows quotes by David Gilmour. Plus more from David Gilmour and more Knows sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/david-gilmour-3970_knows_i-like-watching-sports-you-know-all-sort_3039936.jpg" --- > [I like watching sports, you know, all sorts of stuff.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-like-watching-sports-you-know-all-sorts-of-stuff/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/david-gilmour-3970_knows_i-like-watching-sports-you-know-all-sort_3039936.jpg) > [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/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/david-gilmour-3970_happiness_it-s-really-tough-to-get-happy-music-goi_205207.jpg) > [Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know... live and let live.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/obviously-they-re-all-a-gang-of-idiots-but-you-know-live-and-let-live/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a3a/david-gilmour-3970_gang_obviously-they-re-all-a-gang-of-idiots-b_2452597.jpg) > [You know, once you've had that guitar up so loud on the stage, where you can lean back and volume will stop…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/you-know-once-you-ve-had-that-guitar-up-so-loud-on-the-stage-where/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/aed/david-gilmour-3970_drug_you-know-once-you-ve-had-that-guitar-up_1149109.jpg) > [I'm English and I am British. I don't know if I feel part of a music scene. Musically, I have as many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-m-english-and-i-am-british-i-don-t-know-if-i-feel-part-of-a-music/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/441/david-gilmour-3970_affinity_i-m-english-and-i-am-british-i-don-t-kno_991045.jpg) > [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/to-be-honest-i-don-t-listen-to-groups-really-hardly-ever-i-know-i-m/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/117/david-gilmour-3970_being-honest_to-be-honest-i-don-t-listen-to-groups-re_812123.jpg) > [The old ways still apply. You can still send tapes to record companies, and there are record companies, you know, there are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/the-old-ways-still-apply-you-can-still-send-tapes-to-record-companies/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ac0/david-gilmour-3970_company_the-old-ways-still-apply-you-can-still-s_2778752.jpg) > [My technique is laughable at times. I have developed a style of my own, I suppose, which creeps around. I don't have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/my-technique-is-laughable-at-times-i-have-developed-a-style-of-my-own/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4c0/david-gilmour-3970_creeps_my-technique-is-laughable-at-times-i-hav_1969375.jpg) > [I don't know what you wanna describe as Rock 'n' Roll, but I certainly thought that 60s stuff, Bob Dylan and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-don-t-know-what-you-wanna-describe-as-rock-n-roll-but-i-certainly/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/387/david-gilmour-3970_awful_i-don-t-know-what-you-wanna-describe-as_1596596.jpg) > [These days I don't look to other people with the objective of trying to steal their licks, although I've got no objections…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/these-days-i-don-t-look-to-other-people-with-the-objective-of-trying/) [David Gilmour](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-gilmour/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/781/david-gilmour-3970_goals_these-days-i-don-t-look-to-other-people_2685573.jpg) ## Other authors on Knows ## 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/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/knows/david-gilmour/#itemlist", "name": "10 Knows Quotes By David Gilmour", "numberOfItems": 10, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I like watching sports, you know, all sorts of stuff.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Gilmour" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/i-like-watching-sports-you-know-all-sorts-of-stuff/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/david-gilmour-3970_knows_i-like-watching-sports-you-know-all-sort_3039936.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/david-gilmour-3970_knows_i-like-watching-sports-you-know-all-sort_3039936.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ecf/david-gilmour-3970_knows_i-like-watching-sports-you-know-all-sort_3039936.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I like watching sports, you know, all sorts of stuff.” — David Gilmour", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "It's really tough to get happy music going, you know?", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "David Gilmour" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-gilmour/it-s-really-tough-to-get-happy-music-going-you-know/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/david-gilmour-3970_happiness_it-s-really-tough-to-get-happy-music-goi_205207.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/david-gilmour-3970_happiness_it-s-really-tough-to-get-happy-music-goi_205207.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e2/david-gilmour-3970_happiness_it-s-really-tough-to-get-happy-music-goi_205207.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“It's really tough to get happy music going, you know?” — David Gilmour", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. 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I'm sure that I'm still influenced by Mark Knopfler and Eddie Van Halen as well…I can't play like Eddie Van Halen. I wish I could. I sat down to try some of those ideas and can't do it. I don't know if I could ever get any of that stuff together. 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