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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.

~David Gilmour

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

~David Gilmour

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

~David Gilmour

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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.

~David Gilmour

Topics: Best Find First Go Just Mostly Out Over Over It Play Repeating See Sort Studio Take Thereafter Thing You Yourself

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I don't want to be a full-time member of Pink Floyd all my life.

~David Gilmour

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

~David Gilmour

Topics: Actually Guitar Help Learned Record

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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.

~David Gilmour

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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.

~David Gilmour

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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.

~David Gilmour

Topics: Am Become Blues Different Every Influence Listened Love Lover Music Piece Sort I Am I Love

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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.

~David Gilmour

Topics: Achieve Also Any Blues Device Even Feels Find Gadget Get Guitar Helps Just Me Moment Play Right Sort Sound Think Use Want Whatever Whether Will

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Musician

Born: March 6th, 1946

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