David Gilmour > Quotes

“Long you live and high you'll fly, and smiles you'll give, tears you'll cry and all you touch and all you see is all your life will ever be”
― Pink Floyd

“So, so you think you can tell
Heaven from Hell
Blue skies from pain
Can you tell a green field
From a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade
Your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
And did you exchange
A walk on part in a war
For a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here
We're just two lost souls
Swimming in a fish bowl
Year after year
Running over the same old ground
What have we found?
The same old fears
Wish you were here”
― Pink Floyd

“Was it love or was it the idea of being in love?”
― Pink Floyd

“Come on you target for faraway laughter. Come on you stranger, you legend, you martyr, and shine!”
― Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: Wish You Were Here : Guitar Tab Edition [Songbook]

“There is no dark side of the Moon.
It's all dark, really.”
― Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

“Did you ever wonder why we had to run for shelter when the promise of a brave new world unfurled beneath a clear blue sky?”
― Pink Floyd

“Strangers passing in the street
By chance two separate glances meet
And I am you and what I see is me”
― Pink Floyd

“There's someone in my head, but it's not me.”
― Pink Floyd

“Breathe, breathe in the air,
Don't be afraid to care...”
― Pink Floyd

“I took a heavenly ride through our silence
I knew the moment had arrived
For killing the past and coming back to life".”
― Pink Floyd

“All you touch and all you see, is all your life will ever be”
― Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd -- Dark Side of the Moon: Piano/Vocal/Chords

“Remember when you were young?
You shone like the Sun...”
― Pink Floyd

“Tired of lying in the sunshine staying home to watch the rain.
You are young and life is long and there is time to kill today.
And then one day you find ten years have got behind you.
No one told you when to run, you missed the starting gun.”
― Pink Floyd

“Hey you ! out there in the cold
Getting lonely, getting old, can you feel me
Hey you ! Standing in the aisles
With itchy feet and fading smiles, can you feel me
Hey you ! don't help them to bury the light
Don't give in without a fight.
Hey you ! out there on your own
sitting naked by the phone would you touch me
Hey you ! with your ear against the wall
Waiting for someone to call out would you touch me
Hey you ! would you help me to carry the stone
Open your heart, I'm coming home
But it was only a fantasy
The wall was too high as you can see
No matter how he tried he could not break free
And the worms ate into his brain.
Hey you ! out there on the road
Always doing what you're told, can you help me
Hey you ! out there beyond the wall
Breaking bottles in the hall, can you help me
Hey you ! don't tell me there's no hope at all
Together we stand, divided we fall.”
― Pink Floyd

“Tongue-tied and twisted, just an earth-bound misfit, I.”
― Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: A Momentary Lapse of Reason

“There is no dark side of the moon really. As a matter of fact it's all dark.”
― Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd: Dark Side of the Moon

“The child is grown, the dream is gone”
― Pink Floyd

“Why does anyone do anything?"
"I don't know, I was really drunk at the time!”
― Pink Floyd

“The band is just fantastic,
that is really what I think,
Oh, and by the way,
which one's Pink?”
― Pink Floyd

“Did You Exchange A Walk On Part In The War For A Lead Role In A Cage?”
― Pink Floyd, Pink Floyd - Wish You Were Here Guitar Tablature Edition

“All in all, you're just another brick in the wall.”
― Pink Floyd

“All you touch and all you see,
Is all your life will ever be”
― Pink Floyd

“I'm an atheist, and I don't have any belief in an afterlife. You could say that I'm resigned to the fact that this wonderful life that we get here is it. And having hit 60, it's a good time to get resigned to these things and not be too nervous or upset - and enjoy what great times one can have.”
― David Gilmour

“One of These Days I'm Going to Cut You Into Little Pieces.”
― Pink Floyd

“Wish You Were Here"

So, so you think you can tell Heaven from Hell, blue skies from pain.
Can you tell a green field from a cold steel rail?
A smile from a veil?
Do you think you can tell?

Did they get you to trade your heroes for ghosts?
Hot ashes for trees?
Hot air for a cool breeze?
Cold comfort for change?
Did you exchange a walk on part in the war for a lead role in a cage?

How I wish, how I wish you were here.
We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl, year after year,
Running over the same old ground.
What have we found?
The same old fears.
Wish you were here.”
― Pink Floyd

“I wish I weren't single now;
I need someone to lick me back to form.”
― Pink Floyd

“Set The Controls For the Heart of The Sun.”
― Pink Floyd

“If you don't eat your meat, you can't have any pudding! How can you have any pudding if you don't eat your meat!”
― Pink Floyd

“And all you touch and all you see,
Is all your life will ever be.”
― Pink Floyd

“Beyond the horizon of the place we lived when we were young
In a world of magnets and miracles
Our thoughts strayed constantly and without boundary
The ringing of the division bell had begun

Along the Long Road and on down the Causeway
Do they still meet there by the Cut

There was a ragged band that followed in our footsteps
Running before times took our dreams away
Leaving the myriad small creatures trying to tie us to the ground
To a life consumed by slow decay

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
When friends surrounded
The nights of wonder

Looking beyond the embers of bridges glowing behind us
To a glimpse of how green it was on the other side
Steps taken forwards but sleepwalking back again
Dragged by the force of some sleeping tide
At a higher altitude with flag unfurled
We reached the dizzy heights of that dreamed of world

Encumbered forever by desire and ambition
There's a hunger still unsatisfied
Our weary eyes still stray to the horizon
Though down this road we've been so many times

The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river

Forever and ever”
― Pink Floyd