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Ian Gillan

English Musician

Born: Aug 19, 1945

Band Been Life Music Think You

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In Poland, the whole saying is, 'You've got one eye to Morocco and the other to the Caucasus.' That's the heart of the culture. In England, they say it less romantic: 'You've got a wandering eye.' The saying means my main stream in life must be Deep Purple. That's my main job. Then every now, and I can wander off and have one eye to Morocco. Ian Gillan

Life Saying You Heart Culture Stream Job Every Other Say Eye Must Purple Main Morocco Poland Got Off Wander Wandering Romantic Then Means Less England Deep Whole Deep Purple They Say Now

Internet is a good and convenient device for us for easy communication. It has lots of value. Ian Gillan

Good Communication Internet Value Easy Device Lots Convenient Us

I once wrote a song called 'No Laughing in Heaven,' which was about not wanting to go to Heaven due to the company I'd be keeping, and with a few exceptions, the Hall of Fame is pretty much the same thing. Ian Gillan

We were the first generation of rock & roll, but life goes on. Ian Gillan

Life Generation First Life Goes On First Generation Rock Were Roll Goes

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

You Black Advice Band Kind Black Sabbath Give Only Purple Sabbath Absorb Rock Rock Band Led Led Zeppelin Leeway Up Beginnings Going Soak Then Much Deep Deep Purple Zeppelin Wide Spectrum

I'm completely irresponsible, I'm afraid. I'm ignorant about money as a commodity - I have never really understood it. Ian Gillan

Money About Never Understood Commodity Afraid Irresponsible Really Ignorant

I don't think happiness comes with money, but if you are hungry, you can't be as happy as if you aren't hungry. Ian Gillan

Happiness You Happy Money Think Hungry

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 in a guitar-shaped swimming pool, painting the bathrooms purple, and installing gold dolphin taps. Ian Gillan

I hate it in America where the protocol seems to be you are expected to tip regardless of the quality of service. I like to tip when it's not being demanded of me, and if the service has been good, I tip quite generously. Ian Gillan

We've never gone into the studio with prepared material... we never have. Ian Gillan

Gone Never Studio Material Prepared

When we arrive at the studio, we put the kettle on, have a cup of tea, say, 'How's the family? You still got that old car? Is that dog still alive?' and then we start jamming. That's how the songs get written. Ian Gillan

Our partying was governed by licensing hours. When the pub or club shut, that would be it. Ian Gillan

Club Our Licensing Would Would-Be Hours Partying Governed Pub Shut

What happens is we finish the show, have a couple of drinks, go back to the hotel, talk, and that's it. Ian Gillan

Back Finish Drinks Hotel Talk Couple Go Happens Show

I've been in music all my life. Ian Gillan

Life Music My Life All My Life Been

My grandad was an opera singer, my uncle a jazz musician; I was a boy soprano in the church choir. But the first performance with Deep Purple was something I'll never forget. All elements were working brilliantly. Ian Gillan

Church Uncle First Jazz Musician Something Purple Never Never Forget Performance Soprano Opera Opera Singer Singer Boy Were Forget Working Choir Jazz Musician Deep Deep Purple Elements Brilliantly

When I'm writing with Tony Iommi, for example, still it's very easy. We go in, and I know exactly what his style is. It's very distinctive, and you know exactly what he's looking for, and we know exactly where we're going from the first chord. Ian Gillan

Purple - I mean, the music and the influence and the subliminal touches range from orchestral conversation to jazz to blues and soul and God knows what. It's a vast range of expressions. Ian Gillan

Music God Conversation Soul Jazz Range Purple Vast Knows Subliminal Orchestral Blues Influence Mean Expressions

I love extended solos. I used to like them in the old days a lot, because it used to give me time to go to the pub for a drink. Ian Gillan

Love Time Me Old Solos Give Give Me Drink Days Like Because Go Lot Old Days Pub Them Used Extended

I've played football with George Best, the greatest footballer that ever lived. That doesn't make me a footballer. And I've sung a duet with Pavarotti. That doesn't make me an opera singer. I can write and I have a story to tell, but I'm not going to make a career out of it. Ian Gillan

It was immaterial to me that Elvis didn't write his own songs. Those were very different days, and he selected whatever suited him best from material supplied by publishing houses and teams of writers - all of whom were extremely conscious of his style of delivery. Ian Gillan

Best Me Style Whatever Own Suited Immaterial Elvis Extremely Those Selected Write Writers Songs Delivery Supplied He Days Him Houses Material Were His Very Different Teams Whom Publishing Conscious

It's a fine line between self-assuredness and arrogance. Ian Gillan

Arrogance Fine Fine Line Between Line

I have got a good imagination. Ian Gillan

Good Imagination Got

If you've got a wound, and it's just about to heal up, and it's got a nice scab on it, and you think in two or three days, that's gonna be completely healed, then somebody comes along and pokes it with a stick, and it opens up again. And that's what happens with the Ritchie-and-Deep Purple situation. Ian Gillan

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