David Gilmour

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

Comment regarding the Pink Floyd reunion concert to protest G8 policies, as quoted in The Scotsman (June 2005), 2005

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.

On guitar solos, in an interview in Time, quoted in Classic Albums: Pink Floyd – The Making of The Dark Side of the Moon (2003), 2003

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

Record Collector (May 2003), 2003

He had developed his own limited, or very simple style. He was never very keen on improving himself as a bass player and half the time I would play bass on the records because I would tend to do it quicker. Right back to those early records; I mean, at least half the bass on all recorded output is me anyway. … Rog used to come in and say, "Thank you very much" to me once in a while for winning him bass-playing polls.

On Roger Waters, as quoted in Rock Compact Disc (September 1992), 1992

Roger doesn't have the right at present to tell me what to do with my life, although he believes that he does. And he'll not ruin my career, although lately he's been trying to.

As quoted in Penthouse (September 1988), 1988

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.

As quoted in Sounds : Guitar Heroes (May 1983), 1983

Syd's story is a sad story romanticised by people who don't know anything about it. They've made it fashionable but it's just not that way.

As quoted in Musician (December 1982), 1982

You shout in your sleep. Perhaps the price is just too steep. Is your conscience at rest if once put to the test? You awake with a start to just the beating of your heart. Just one man beneath the sky, Just two ears, just two eyes.

"Childhood's End", on Obscured by Clouds (1972), 1972

Who are you and who am I To say we know the reason why Some are born, some men die, Beneath one infinite sky? There'll be war, there'll be peace, But everything one day will cease, All the iron turned to rust, All the proud men turned to dust, And so all things time will mend, So this song will end.

"Childhood's End", on Obscured by Clouds (1972), 1972

Where would rock and roll be without feedback?

Dark Side of the Moon Sessions, 1972

You find your eyes are growing moist. All the fears never voiced say you have to make your final choice.

"Childhood's End", on Obscured by Clouds (1972), 1972

Jimi Hendrix isn't as good as me!

Dark Side of the Moon Sessions, 1972

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

About the band, in Dark Side of the Moon Sessions, 1972