It's a magical thing, the guitar. It allows you to be the whole band in one, to play rhythm and melody, sing over the top. And as an instrument for solos, you can bend notes, draw emotional content out of tiny movements, vibratos and tonal things which even a piano can't do.
Interpretation
The guitar is a versatile instrument that enables a musician to express a wide range of emotions and sounds uniquely.
David Gilmour's quote highlights the unique capabilities of the guitar as an instrument, showcasing how it allows a single musician to create complex musical arrangements that include rhythm, melody, and emotional depth. He emphasizes the guitar's ability to produce nuanced sounds and techniques, such as bending notes and vibrato, which are not achievable on instruments like the piano, illustrating its central role in musical expression and creativity.
In practice
Use this quote in a speech at a music festival to emphasize the power of musical expression.
I can't help other people's frustrations. I don't owe people anything. 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.
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.
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.
No-one can replace Richard Wright - he was my musical partner and my friend.
Our music has depth, and attempts philosophical thought and meaning with discussions of infinity, eternity and mortality. There is a line which people cross that turns it into some magical, mystical realm, for which I dont claim responsibility and dont hold any great truck with.
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 has got behind you No one told you where to run, you missed the starting gun.
My first poem was a bolt from the blue β¦ it broke a spell of disillusion and suicidal despondence. ... it filled me with soul satisfying joy.
It is very bad for (an artist) to talk about how he (creates). It is not the (artist's) province to explain or to run guided tours through the more difficult country of his work. It's none of their business that you had to learn. Let them think you were born that way.
I discover what I mean as I write. That can be both terrifically exciting and very dangerous, because when you look at your words later, you wonder, 'Did I really mean that, or am I just making verbal patterns?'
What a beautiful testament to the creative spirit and its true motives, to creative contribution coming from a place of purpose rather than a hunger for profit.
In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.
I think the idea of art kills creativity.
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