David Gilmour says he gets “way too much deference” due to work with Pink Floyd

nme.com:

David Gilmour has claimed his tenure in Pink Floyd means his collaborators show him “way too much deference”.While recently speaking to the Sun, Gilmour reflected on the weight of his achievements with the band, saying: “After you achieve these dizzying heights, people tend to show you way too much deference.“It becomes hard to retrieve the setup you had when you were young.

In the earlier stages of Pink Floyd, we could be as rude and insulting to each other about our personalities and our music as we wanted – and yet everything would be all right in the end.”Referencing Rodger Waters’ exit from the band in 1985, he said “No one ever stomped off permanently, until that bloke did”.

He explained he felt “thrust into being band leader”, but prefers “a more collaborative approach”.Gilmour is set to release his solo album, ‘Luck And Strange’ this September, which you can pre-order / pre-save here.

On the upcoming record, he enlisted the help of producer Charlie Andrew, who Gilmour was pleased to discover was unaware of his work with Pink Floyd.The new album, Luck and Strange, out 6th September.