The only advice I can give is to absorb as much as you can from as wide a spectrum as you can. If you’re in a rock band and only soak up Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin, and Deep Purple kind of beginnings, then you’re not going to have much leeway. Ian Gillan Read Quote
Infinity is almost impossible for an eight-year-old to grasp. It’s an inquiring age, and you’re beginning to shape your thoughts and questions about life in general at that stage. Ian Gillan Read Quote
Rock music had its own constituency, its own steering wheel. It was beyond the control of the establishment, and we saw TV as the enemy. Ian Gillan Read Quote
It wasn’t slung together by a producer and a publisher. We decided we were going to take hold of our music and let it evolve organically. Ian Gillan Read Quote
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 Read Quote
I have heard that my Wikipedia entry is completely incorrect, but then again, so is everyone else’s. I haven’t bothered about that. Ian Gillan Read Quote
I was in a band called Episode Six with Roger Glover, which was more of a harmony band, really. At one gig, there were a few dodgy characters leaning up against the wall of the venue – and we ended up joining their band. Purple was the talk of every musician in the country – they had something new and very exciting. Ian Gillan Read Quote
For a rock band, I didn’t see the point in live albums. To my mind, you’ve got to be there. Ian Gillan Read Quote
