I have to think that 'Nessa Dorma' is the greatest rock ballad that's never been recorded as such. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
To the general public in America, the lifespan of Deep Purple probably finished with our 1984 album, 'Perfect Strangers.' — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
I like walking and hiking, and many of the ideas for songs have germinated from this. — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
Heavy metal drives me bonkers, it makes me want to vomit, heavy metal really is a pile of puke. — 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… — 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
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
When I'm writing with Tony Iommi, for example, still it's very easy. We go in, and I know exactly what his style… — 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
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
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
I know in my heart of hearts that Ritchie Blackmore is one of the great guitar players of all time. He's a… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
We spent a long time learning the craft of songwriting, Roger Glover and I, for a few years before we joined Deep… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
How could I resist? Look, I love that record and have nothing but great, great memories of my time with BLACK SABBATH… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
After my early days of being a passionate young Elvis fan, Chuck Berry, Little Richard, etc. I got interested in Ray Charles… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
When we arrive at the studio, we put the kettle on, have a cup of tea, say, 'How's the family? You still… — Ian Gillan Copy Share Image
When you think about it, we sold about 120 million records, which relates to about £1.2 billion in the U.K. economy. We've… — 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 once wrote a song called 'No Laughing in Heaven,' which was about not wanting to go to Heaven due to the… — 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
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
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
