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David Gilmour Biography

David Jon Gilmour, CBE (born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer and songwriter best known as a longtime member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He joined the group as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1968, replacing founder member Syd Barrett. Pink Floyd subsequently achieved international success with the concept albums The Dark Side of the Moon, Wish You Were Here, Animals, and The Wall. By the early 1980s, they had become one of the bestselling and most critically acclaimed acts in music history; it was estimated that by 2012 the band had sold over 250 million records worldwide, including 75 million units sold in the United States. Following the departure of another founder member, Roger Waters, Gilmour assumed leadership of Pink Floyd in 1985.

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

Guitar, Records, Helping, Actually, Instructional

You know, once you've had that guitar up so loud on the stage, where you can lean back and volume will stop you from falling backward, that's a hard drug to kick.

Back, Drug, Fall, Guitar, Kick, Know

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

Break, Example, Films, Heart, Past

I haven't watched it [ film Pink Floyd at Pompeii] in years. I find it excruciating.

Film, Floyd, Pompeii, Watched, Years

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

Already, Burn, Cds, Song, Why Not

I am not a technophobe and I am using the latest technology today, some 30-odd years later, and I am really enjoying what some of the new technologies can offer. But at the same time I am always aware that one can get bogged down in that technology and that it can become more than just a method. That's something that you have to be slightly careful of.

Latest, Method, Offer, Technology, Today, Years

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

Gang, Idiot, Idiots, Know, Live And Let Live

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.

Back, Film, Pompeii, Sound

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

Musical, My Friends, Partner, Partners, Replace, Richard

You don't want to believe everything you hear.

Believe, Want, Hear, Everything

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

Asshole, Baby, Bed, Mean

I haven't felt compelled to go back in the studio and do anything serious. I have a little sort of home studio thing which I potter about in occasionally.

Home, Littles, Potter, Potters, Serious, Thing

Make life an art rather than art from life.

Art, Life, Make

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

Good, Heart, Mother, Thing, Think, Thinking

I tend to jot down music.

Down, Tend, Jot, Music

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

Floyd, Life, Member, Members, Pink, Want

People in Italy seem to be very capable of singing along with 'Wish You Were Here' perfectly, yet it's hard to get someone in the street who speaks english.

Capable, People, Singing, Speak English, Speaks, Street

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

Artist, Expectations, Different, Show, Floyd

I don't live my life on the road. I'm getting on a bit and there's a lot of other things in my life. Our lovely children and their lives. It's more of a part-time business these days.

Business, Children, Living My Life, Lovely, Things

I listen to classical music at home probably more than pop music.

Classical Music, Home, Listen, Music, Pops, Probably

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