If you think of a solo artist, you normally know them by their name; you don't normally describe their kind of music.… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
No matter what I do, I've always recognized that Deep Purple is primarily an instrumental band. That's where all the music comes… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
We always used to describe ourselves as an instrumental band. Basically, the music was always instrumentally based, so the songs always came… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
The thing about a band is, it's not so much how good the musicians are - it's the blend of personalities and… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Purple - I mean, the music and the influence and the subliminal touches range from orchestral conversation to jazz to blues and… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
If there was such a thing as a typical English gentleman in rock music, then it was Jon Lord. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
I have been touring since I got my first band in 1962, so there is no problem there. We are basically performing… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
You can never criticize a monumental musician like Jon Lord or Richie Blackmore, or the part they played in the group, but… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
I don't think we were anti-commercial. But we were anti-contrivance, and like Zeppelin, we found dignity through the music we were playing. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
My grandad was an opera singer, my uncle a jazz musician; I was a boy soprano in the church choir. But the… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
I've tried to avoid the rock & roll highway and have taken the scenic route. I think all the guys have been… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
An album represents an artist or a band or a group of musicians at any given moment in time. You just produce… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
It wasn't slung together by a producer and a publisher. We decided we were going to take hold of our music and… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Glenn Hughes is one of the most naturally talented musicians, but he's still copying Steve Wonder to this day, so I can't… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Rock music had its own constituency, its own steering wheel. It was beyond the control of the establishment, and we saw TV… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
I love Buffalo. The people here are wonderful, genuine; they look you straight in the eye. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
If you think of a solo artist, you normally know them by their name; you don't normally describe their kind of music. You just… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
No matter what I do, I've always recognized that Deep Purple is primarily an instrumental band. That's where all the music comes from in… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
We soaked up everything from Beethoven to Chopin to Jimi Hendrix to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
When I picked up my guitar, I spent the first day learning the chord E, the second day A, then B7, and all of… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Deep Purple was sinking with Ritchie. We were playing to quarter houses in Europe, which is one of our strongest territories - in Germany.… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
My first contract was in 1965. There were six of us in this band - my band before Deep Purple - six in the… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
In the early Seventies, I bought a dilapidated hotel in north Stoke for about £100,000 and spent the same amount again renovating it, putting… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
I was an avid collector of Elvis' early stuff; for a young singer, he was an absolute inspiration. I soaked up what he did… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
