Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Phil Manzanera" in English language version.
I actually met David when I was 16, around 1967, when I came back full time to the U.K. from South America. I wanted to be a professional musician. I said to my mother, "I don't want to go to university." And she said, "My God, what are we going to do?" And my brother said, "I know this guy who has just become a professional musician." And it was David Gilmour. My brother had been up at Cambridge University, and he said, "Let's go and talk to him. Have lunch and ask him what you have do to become a professional musician?"
My brother Eugene [Targett-Adams] was at Cambridge University and when he was up there he had met David and he arranged for us to have lunch together. I was seventeen at the time and David had just joined Pink Floyd. I met David in a restaurant opposite where he lived on Brompton Road - he was sharing with Syd I think. My brother was buying - he had a proper job in a bank. We had this conversation. He said keep practising the scales or keep taking the tablets. I think we went up to the flat and he showed me his guitar.
I actually met David when I was 16, around 1967, when I came back full time to the U.K. from South America. I wanted to be a professional musician. I said to my mother, "I don't want to go to university." And she said, "My God, what are we going to do?" And my brother said, "I know this guy who has just become a professional musician." And it was David Gilmour. My brother had been up at Cambridge University, and he said, "Let's go and talk to him. Have lunch and ask him what you have do to become a professional musician?"
My brother Eugene [Targett-Adams] was at Cambridge University and when he was up there he had met David and he arranged for us to have lunch together. I was seventeen at the time and David had just joined Pink Floyd. I met David in a restaurant opposite where he lived on Brompton Road - he was sharing with Syd I think. My brother was buying - he had a proper job in a bank. We had this conversation. He said keep practising the scales or keep taking the tablets. I think we went up to the flat and he showed me his guitar.
