Song Quotes by David Gilmour

Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me!

— David Gilmour

Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing.

— David Gilmour

I tend to jot down music.

— David Gilmour

Where would rock and roll be without feedback?

— David Gilmour

It's really tough to get happy music going, you know?

— David Gilmour

The music tends to be an expression of one's darker moments.

— David Gilmour

Obviously record companies tend to be following what the scene is rather than making the scene.

— David Gilmour

Well, I am David Gilmour, the voice and guitar of Pink Floyd. I have been since I was 21.

— David Gilmour

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

— David Gilmour

If you are in a band or in any situation with other people there are obviously brilliant aspects to it, but there…

— David Gilmour

I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened…

— David Gilmour

I think myself that, rather like books, music is meant to enter into the brain, well via your ears rather than your…

— David Gilmour

I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.

— David Gilmour

I am working on current material, a new album, and that is all still my main motivation of going out and working.…

— David Gilmour

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of…

— 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…

— David Gilmour

My technique is laughable at times. I have developed a style of my own, I suppose, which creeps around. I don't have…

— David Gilmour

Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which…

— David Gilmour

I don't even think whether I play the blues or not, I just play whatever feels right at the moment. I also…

— David Gilmour

I think a guitar solo is how my emotion is most freely released, because verbal articulation isn't my strongest communication strength. My…

— David Gilmour

'Shine On You Crazy Diamond' and 'Wish You Were Here' are standout tracks. 'Comfortably Numb' is another one. 'High Hopes' from 'The…

— David Gilmour

The old ways still apply. You can still send tapes to record companies, and there are record companies, you know, there are…

— 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…

— David Gilmour

The internet seems to be what a lot of independent bands are doing these days. They're bypassing the studio - the big…

— David Gilmour

These days I don't look to other people with the objective of trying to steal their licks, although I've got no objections…

— David Gilmour

We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so…

— David Gilmour