The one thing nobody was taught was how to deal with success, and I think that happens to everyone who makes it at a young age. Ian Gillan Read Quote
I know the guys in Metallica. I’m very honored that they were influenced by Deep Purple when they started, and they’ve always been very kind to us. Ian Gillan Read Quote
The reason ‘Fireball’ is my favorite album of that period is that without ‘Fireball,’ we would never have been able to make ‘Machine Head.’ Ian Gillan Read Quote
The band’s a really close-knit family. We’ve got fantastically good friendships and relationships that have developed after all these years. Ian Gillan Read Quote
If there was such a thing as a typical English gentleman in rock music, then it was Jon Lord. Ian Gillan Read Quote
To the general public in America, the lifespan of Deep Purple probably finished with our 1984 album, ‘Perfect Strangers.’ Ian Gillan Read Quote
I have been touring since I got my first band in 1962, so there is no problem there. We are basically performing musicians, so that’s what we do. Ian Gillan Read Quote
An album represents an artist or a band or a group of musicians at any given moment in time. You just produce the music that you feel good about and hope that the audience shows some interest in it. Ian Gillan Read Quote
