David Gilmour
David Gilmour
David Jon Gilmour, CBEis an English singer, songwriter, composer, multi-instrumentalist, and record producer. He joined the progressive rock band Pink Floyd as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968, effectively as a replacement for founder Syd Barrett, who left the band shortly afterwards...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth6 March 1946
CityCambridge, England
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My technique is laughable at times. I have developed a style of my own, I suppose, which creeps around. I don't have to have too much technique for it. I've developed the parts of my technique that are useful to me. I'll never be a very fast guitar player. I don't really know what to say about my style. There's always a melodic intent in there.
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I wish Roger absolutely well. But I can't imagine doing more than a one-off with him and the other guys at this point. It's been such a joyful experience working with the team I have now; nothing could make me happier than the situation I'm in. I'm extremely lucky.
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Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I don't claim responsibility and don't hold any great truck with.
Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing.
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The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.
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I don't like to get too specific about lyrics. It places limitations on them, and spoils the listeners' interpretation.
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No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend.
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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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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.
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I am a lover of all sorts of different music. I love blues and every piece of music that I have listened to has become an influence.
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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.
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I don't want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life.
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I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.
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It's a very tempting thing to try and relive your glory days when you get a little older and you worry that people have forgotten all about you.