--- title: "1 Band Heard Quotes By Greg Lake" description: "1 Band Heard quotes by Greg Lake. Plus more from Greg Lake and more Band Heard sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/greg-lake-14630_band_i-just-got-a-call-one-day-from-ringo-ask_67903.png" --- > [I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple as that. He was putting together this band and he heard of me in the context…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/i-just-got-a-call-one-day-from-ringo-asking-me-if-i-wanted-to-go-out/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/00e/greg-lake-14630_band_i-just-got-a-call-one-day-from-ringo-ask_67903.png) ## More by Greg Lake > [I don't think art is a goal orientated business. I don't do things for the challenges, I only do them because I love them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/i-don-t-think-art-is-a-goal-orientated-business-i-don-t-do-things-for/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/i-just-got-a-call-one-day-from-ringo-asking-me-if-i-wanted-to-go-out/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [It's true when they say songwriting is 10% inspiration and 90% perspiration. In truth, what happens is... songs comes through you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/it-s-true-when-they-say-songwriting-is-10-inspiration-and-90/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [Music is an emotional experience, and that is what imprints itself on the soul. And I think for me, any great art is art…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/music-is-an-emotional-experience-and-that-is-what-imprints-itself-on/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [Most of my career has been about standing on a stage performing music to an audience, and once the show is over, they go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/most-of-my-career-has-been-about-standing-on-a-stage-performing-music/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [I love touring in the United States. It's dramatically different wherever you go. North to south, you're going from snow to palm trees.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/i-love-touring-in-the-united-states-it-s-dramatically-different/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [I would like to involve myself in some black music. I would like to do some blues and some gospel music. I want to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/i-would-like-to-involve-myself-in-some-black-music-i-would-like-to-do/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [As long as people want to hear me play and as long as I'm able to play, then I will. I enjoy playing and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/as-long-as-people-want-to-hear-me-play-and-as-long-as-i-m-able-to/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [Songwriting is never one thing. I've spent as long as three months writing a song. Other times I've done it in twenty minutes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/songwriting-is-never-one-thing-i-ve-spent-as-long-as-three-months/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [Again there are so many records which contain fond memories and music and songs of which I have to say I am quite proud.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/again-there-are-so-many-records-which-contain-fond-memories-and-music/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [When I was writing my autobiography, these songs came up from time to time which were important to me, and I realized that what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/when-i-was-writing-my-autobiography-these-songs-came-up-from-time-to/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > ['Lucky Man' I wrote when I was twelve years old. I wrote it when I first was given a guitar by my mother. I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/lucky-man-i-wrote-when-i-was-twelve-years-old-i-wrote-it-when-i-first/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [I picked up the guitar at 12 yrs old - basically, my mother and father bought it for me for Christmas. I played one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/i-picked-up-the-guitar-at-12-yrs-old-basically-my-mother-and-father/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [I'll have periods when I write and periods when I don't. But you don't want it to become a discipline, really. If it becomes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/i-ll-have-periods-when-i-write-and-periods-when-i-don-t-but-you-don-t/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) > [Sometimes you have to grit your teeth and remain tenacious and just believe the end will come. Other times it's not an issue. You…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/greg-lake/sometimes-you-have-to-grit-your-teeth-and-remain-tenacious-and-just/) [Greg Lake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/greg-lake/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/band-heard/greg-lake/#itemlist", "name": "1 Band Heard Quotes By Greg Lake", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I just got a call one day from Ringo asking me if I wanted to go out on the tour. It was as simple as that. He was putting together this band and he heard of me in the context of doing this and he gave me a call. 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