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David Gilmour quotes: I mean that it's all right to go to bed with an asshole but don't ever have a baby with one.

I mean that it's all right to go to bed with an asshole but don't ever have a baby with one.

David Gilmour quotes: We mixed the sounds ourselves. If they were going to put the sound back onto our film [Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.], we wanted to mix it ourselves.

We mixed the sounds ourselves. If they were going to put the sound back onto our film [Pink Floyd: Live at Pompeii.], we wanted to mix it ourselves.

David Gilmour quotes: 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.

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

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

David Gilmour quotes: I love singing. I have spent as much of my life trying to improve my singing as I have practising guitar.

I love singing. I have spent as much of my life trying to improve my singing as I have practising guitar.

David Gilmour quotes: 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.

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.

David Gilmour quotes: Syd always gets in there.

Syd always gets in there.

David Gilmour quotes: The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.

The expectation on me as a solo artist is very different to the audience's expectation of a Pink Floyd show.

David Gilmour quotes: It is an example of what films can do, how they can slip past your defenses and really break your heart.

It is an example of what films can do, how they can slip past your defenses and really break your heart.

David Gilmour quotes: The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.

The only way artists can do things is to do it for themselves. Trying to second guess what the public wants or likes is kind of a fool's game.

David Gilmour quotes: There's no way out of here.

There's no way out of here.

David Gilmour quotes: Love affairs that start in blood tend to end up in blood.

Love affairs that start in blood tend to end up in blood.

David Gilmour quotes: I've been in The Who, I've been in The Beatles and I've been in Pink Floyd! Top that!

I've been in The Who, I've been in The Beatles and I've been in Pink Floyd! Top that!

David Gilmour quotes: It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.

It's crazy that America gives such a paltry percentage of its GNP to the starving nations.

David Gilmour quotes: I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to.

I mean, I have moments of huge frustration because of my inability to express myself linguistically as clearly as I would like to.

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

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

David Gilmour quotes: We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so why not?

We already had all the songs, and it turns out all you have to do is burn them to some CDs, so why not?

David Gilmour quotes: Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me!

Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me!

David Gilmour quotes: I had a girlfriend once. All we ever talked about was our relationship. That's what we did instead of having one.

I had a girlfriend once. All we ever talked about was our relationship. That's what we did instead of having one.

David Gilmour quotes: The future is deterministic in principle, but not in practice.

The future is deterministic in principle, but not in practice.

David Gilmour quotes: 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.

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 quotes: The trick to having a happy life is being good at something.

The trick to having a happy life is being good at something.

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

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

David Gilmour quotes: There is irreducible chance in the universe.

There is irreducible chance in the universe.

David Gilmour quotes: Yes, there's a lot of the blues in my playing.

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

David Gilmour quotes: Make life an art rather than art from life.

Make life an art rather than art from life.

David Gilmour quotes: Everything in moderation - that's what I live by.

Everything in moderation - that's what I live by.

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

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

David Gilmour quotes: When I was given this job I said I would only teach the people that I truly, truly love. Unfortunately, none of those happen to be Chinese, or women.

When I was given this job I said I would only teach the people that I truly, truly love. Unfortunately, none of those happen to be Chinese, or women.

David Gilmour quotes: Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then.

Being a solo artist is what I do. It's what I've been doing for the last 20 years and a bit before then.

David Gilmour quotes: That's the illusion of stillness. There is no secret. Only the implication of one by its possesor.

That's the illusion of stillness. There is no secret. Only the implication of one by its possesor.

David Gilmour quotes: I have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art.

I have no interest in going on a tour to make money without making new product, new art.

David Gilmour quotes: How much in life is determined, and how much is due to chance?

How much in life is determined, and how much is due to chance?

David Gilmour quotes: I think I'm still trying to be experimental on everything I ever do, but it's not as obviously way-out and experimental as what we were.

I think I'm still trying to be experimental on everything I ever do, but it's not as obviously way-out and experimental as what we were.

David Gilmour quotes: It's about the quality of the worry," I said. "I have happier worries now than I used to.

It's about the quality of the worry," I said. "I have happier worries now than I used to.

David Gilmour quotes: I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that well.

I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that well.

David Gilmour quotes: God created a system which gave us freewill.

God created a system which gave us freewill.

David Gilmour quotes: 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.

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 quotes: No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend.

No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend.

David Gilmour quotes: Where would rock and roll be without feedback?

Where would rock and roll be without feedback?

David Gilmour quotes: Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know ... live and let live.

Obviously, they're all a gang of idiots. But, you know ... live and let live.

David Gilmour quotes: But you, your life, it's just starting, it's all ahead of you. It's yours to throw away.

But you, your life, it's just starting, it's all ahead of you. It's yours to throw away.

David Gilmour quotes: It's not whether God plays dice; it's how God plays dice.

It's not whether God plays dice; it's how God plays dice.