I think Atom Heart Mother was a good thing to have attempted, but I don't really think the attempt comes off that well.
David GilmourI don't, consciously anyways, sort of listen to things with the idea of getting something from them that I can use.
David GilmourLittle ideas can pop into one's head at any time, and if I'm being reasonably efficient I've got it close enough to hand, then I pop that little tiny moment of a few seconds down onto a tape and then I can forget about it for... years sometimes.
David GilmourThe 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.
David GilmourPompeii is an extraordinary place to be because it was preserved exactly as it was. There are many other sites. If you visit any other antiquity-type sites throughout the world, they're very damaged with what's gone on over the centuries since they were abandoned. But this one was just, like, sealed, so you're looking at rock surfaces and the carving of letters and names in the stones looks like it was done yesterday.
David Gilmour