Andy Gill Quotes

United Kingdom, Musician
January 1, 1956 – February, 1, 2020.

Andrew James Dalrymple Gill was a British musician and record producer. He was the lead guitarist for the British rock band Gang of Four, which he co-founded in 1976. Gill was known for his jagged style of guitar on albums such as Entertainment! (1979) and Solid Gold (1981) and hit singles such as "At Home He's a Tourist," "Damaged Goods," "Anthrax," "What We All Want" and "I Love a Man in a Uniform".

Also known as Record Producer

I think we get on with living our lives like everybody else does. Where we're at in music is trying to explain what's going around us either directly or by analogy and trying to create a parallel, an analog, sometimes musical, sometimes dramatic, that might be truthful.

Andy Gill
- Music
- Lives
- Parallel
I think initially the impetus for doing stuff yourself comes from your love of other music.

Andy Gill
- Music
- Doing
- Impetus

Travelling can be tiresome, other than that it's fine. The touring thing, the travelling was always a bit of a drag and it doesn't get any easier.

Andy Gill
- Touring
- Drag
- Travelling
You kind of figure out what you're doing as you go along.

Andy Gill
- Doing
- Figure Out
- Along
In my experience as a record producer, the people who most get involved are the people from independent labels who feel they have more to do with it; it's their "baby" kind of thing.

Andy Gill
People will always complain that it's not Entertainment! There will be great reviews, mediocre reviews and there will be people who don't like it. That's the way it goes.

Andy Gill
- People
- Complain
- Reviews
I think central to what we do is thinking about what's our role, how does this idea of being a band and getting on the stage and playing stuff.

Andy Gill
- Band
- Playing
- Role