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David Gilmour's Profile

Brief about David Gilmour: By info that we know David Gilmour was born at 1946-03-06. And also David Gilmour is British Musician.

David Gilmour Biography

David Gilmour, British musician was born on born in Cambridge on 6 March 1946. He is the son of Douglas Gilmour and Sylvia Wilson. His father was a senior lecturer in zoology at Cambridge University and his mother was a teacher and film editor. Thanks to his parent’s David’s interest in music grew. He became interested in playing guitar, so he borrowed a guitar from his neighbor and started learning playing guitar himself, using a book.

When David was 11 years old, he started studying at the Perse School. After graduating the school, he started studying at Cambridge Technical College in 1962. He was studying there A-Level languages. In the same year, he became a member of the band called Jokers Wild.

In 1975 Gilmour married to Virginia Hasenbein, with whom he had 4 children: Alice, Claire, Sara and Matthew.  In 1994, he married to Polly. They have four children: Charlie, Joe, Gabriel and Romany.

Some David Gilmour's quotes. Goto "David Gilmour's quotation" section for more.

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

Tags: Express, Mean, Moments

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.

Tags: Best, Studio, Yourself

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

Tags: Moderation

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.

Tags: Days, Try, Worry

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.

Tags: Boy, Prefer, Religion

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

Tags: Guitar, Help, Learned

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.

Tags: Become, Love, Music

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

Tags: Lyrics, Places, Specific

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

Tags: Life, Member, Pink

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.

Tags: Sound, Studio, Work

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

Tags: Friend, Musical, Partner

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

Tags: Artist, Audience, Show

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

Tags: Guitar, Since, Voice

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

Tags: Blues, Playing, Yes

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.

Tags: Guitar, Moment, Whatever

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.

Tags: Approach, Guitar, Time

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.

Tags: Give, Guitar, Music

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.

Tags: Love, Music, Please
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