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"Now life devalues day by day
As friends and neighbours turn away
And there's a change that, even with regret, cannot be undone"
Pink Floyd, A Great Day for Freedom
David Gilmour, Pink Floyd - A Great Day For Freedom
"There was a wonderful moment of optimism when the Wall came down – the release of Eastern Europe from the non-democratic side of the socialist system. But what they have now doesn't seem to be much better. Again, I'm fairly pessimistic about it all. I sort of wish and live in hope, but I tend to think that history moves at a much slower pace than we think it does. I feel that real change takes a long, long time."
David Gilmour, "Sounds of Silence" interview, Guitar World, September 1994.