WE SAID

GOODBYE

BEFORE WE

SAID HELLO

MILE STONE AFTER STONE

IF YOU SURVIVE UNTIL TWO THOUSAND

THE TIDE
IS TURNING
(AFTER LIVE 8)

«It’s not a drill screen projections speech», 2022

We made an agreement (with Syd) and when we were at college in London,

tostart a band. We dreamed the dream. And, for a while, we lived it.

The rest is history

«The Planet Rock interview», Planet Rock, June 2020

I always borrow somebody elses quote, but it's true. koger was a tal,

menacina figure at the pack of the classroom. We were al in the

same class: me Roger, Rick - DA1, Design Arch. 1

«The 30th year technicolour dream», MOJO Magazine, July 1995.

We were snappy sometimes. Not like it became later, though. I mean I

had a personality clash with Roger ever since we met in Regent Street Polytechnic. The two of us didn't really get on. Being the kind of person he is, Roger would try to...rile you, if you like, try to make you crack. Definitely mental things going on between us and big political disagreements. Him being an armchair socialist. Not that I was right-wing at all

1st February 1967:

The band signs their first professional contract with EMI

«Nick Mason raconte ses souvenirs», Paris Match, 18 November 2016

I certainly didn't have a long term view. When we signed a contract with Emi in 1967, I thought it would last a year, not much more ... Roger didn't think so. He had a much bigger vision

«Burning bridges», Mojo, february 2021

Syd was the music. You went to Roger for the business

«The Full Spectrum», Mojo, July 2018.

Syd was an extraordinarily creative, talented, buoyant, lively, wonderful, beautiful guy. And he wrote songs. That’s the only thing that matters in a band. Somebody has to have something to say, and Syd had a lot to say

6 December 1967:

David is approached join the band to support Syd.

«David Gilmour: Full of Secrets», Guitar Part, December 2006.

at the end of 1967, their concerts became frightfully bad. Syd was

became a shadow. Then I saw them at the Royal College of Art in December, Nick came over and asked: « What would you say if I told you we think to take you in the group ? » I replied that I would say yes

«Interview w/ Rick Wright», Showbizz, 1996

In Pink Floyd when Syd Barrett left we called Jeff Beck to join the band too but unfortunately he didn't want (…) it's true (that would be changing everything), but Jeff's style is not so different than David's style, at least his style that time

«Pink Floyd: Journey to the Dark Side», Rolling Stones, October 13th 2011

He's a wonderful singer and a great guitar player, What more could you

want? And he's also a nice bloke. Good fun, likes a laugh and all that. It

wasn't like, « Oh, he's a great guitar player and a beautiful singer, but, he's weird »

«Burning bridges», Mojo, february 2021

Dave was already a bit of star with the Jokers Wild and did a great

Jimi Hendrix

January 1968:

First steps of David in the band

«David Gilmour: Full of Secrets», Guitar Part, December 2006.

(Roger) certainly didn’t want to sing anything. He got me to sing just

about everything

«David Gilmour: Full of Secrets», Guitar Part, December 2006.

I think he was trying to keep it all going. I don’t think Roger had any

big ego about wanting to be the writer any more than anyone else.

Later, maybe, but not at the beginning.

« Interview w/. Roger Waters »,Q Magazine, June 1987

I’m sure you would get arguments about that from the other 'boys', but I

simply took responsibility, largely because no-one else seemed to want to

do it, and that is graphically illustrated by the fact that I started to write most of the material from then on, I'm perfectly happy being a leader.

«David Gilmour: Full of Secrets», Guitar Part, December 2006.

… Although I left the group after only a few days. Probably

because the friendly side of Roger I guess (laughs).

«Burning bridges», Mojo, february 2021

I walked out if one of the first rehearsals. Roger had got so unbearably awful, in a way I’d later get used to. But I don’t think the band had fixed ideas of what I should do or how I should do it

«David Gilmour: Full of Secrets», Guitar Part, December 2006.

(But) I do not know how i have to beg them to come back in the band (laughs)

January-March 1968:

Initially hired as support, David see how the situation become chaotic.

The question of Syd’s is missal arises.

Syd was the only person I know who Roger has ever really liked

and looked up to

« The third coming», Mojo Magazine, May 1994.

«Danger -Band Imploding», Mojo, December 1999

I knew all the guys in the band and they wanted to get rid of Syd. I was approached discreetly beforehand and it was put about in a very strange Way and what did in fact happen was that I joined the band while Syd Barrett was still in it and for about a month we were a five piece band. Horrible wasn’t it ? In fact they didn’t know exactly what they wanted to do except that they didn’t want to have Syd performing but they rather wanted to hang onto his talent of song writing

«Interviewed by Jim Ladd», SFX Radio Network, 8 November 2000

He was my friend, you know? We were friends and we were – when I

was 17 and he was 15 or 15-and-a-half, I'm a bit older than him–we kind

of shared that dream together. And he was extraordinarily creative and full of life before he became ill. And those of us who survived in Pink Floyd owe him a lot because he provided that original flicker of creativity (…) I mean maybe in the beginning I provided something as well. I mean I provided some kind of push, but Syd provided that initial spark and I think he certainly showed me what was possible if you were prepared to take the risk

2 March 1968:

Roger Waters met Syd at Bishop Stortford. They tried to make an agreement about Syd role in the band.

Eventually all went wrong because Waters wanted Syd's regular contribution for the band, but Barrett couldn't assure.

« Michael Watts talks to ex-Pink Floyd man Syd Barrett », Melody Maker, 27 March 1971

It wasn't really a war. I suppose it was really just a matter of being a little

offhand about things. We didn't feel there was one thing which was gonna

make the decision at the minute. I mean, we did split up, and there was a lot of trouble. I don't think The Pink Floyd had any trouble, but I had an awful scene, probably self-inflicted, having a mini and going all over England and things. Still...

«Q&A: Pink Floyd's Rick Wright hears «Piper»», Reuters, 18 August 2007

There are some dedicated Syd fans who still think Floyd finished

when he left the band

« The Year of Love including the birth of Pink Floyd », Zig-Zag, October 1973

By the end of afternoon, I thought I’d convinced him that it was a good

idea and he’d agreed, but it didn’t mean really very much because he was

liable to change his mind about anything totally within an hour. He then went home and i went to see Peter and Andrew and said that this was the end, if this didn’t work we were off.

I asked them to leave him alone for a bit, for all king of reasons, the main one being that they didn’t see things the way that i did. But they went round to see him and laid various numbers, so that was it

"The Guardian profile - David Gilmour", The Guardian, 17 June 2005

I feel a debt to Syd ... His bad luck was good luck for me. Of course, one

can not possibly know what would have happened. Luckily, I don't have to ponder that too deeply

« The third coming», Mojo Magazine, May 1994.

Peter and Andrew thought Syd and I were the musical brains of the group, and that we should form a break-away band (…) He and I were living together in a flat in Richmond at the time. And believe me, I would have left with him like a shot if I thought Syd could do it