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Ian Gillan
Ian Gillan
English Musician
Born: Aug 19, 1945
Band Been Life Music Think You
Related authors: David Bowie Elton John Harry Styles John Lennon Mick Jagger Ozzy Osbourne Paul McCartney Yungblud
I remember my uncle, who was a jazz pianist, when we did Deep Purple 'In Rock,' he ran from the room screaming, holding his ears: 'I can't hear anything. I can't hear any instruments.' And I was rubbing my hands going, 'Great.' Ian Gillan
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Deep Purple was sinking with Ritchie. We were playing to quarter houses in Europe, which is one of our strongest territories - in Germany. Smaller venues, and they weren't even full. So had we continued that way, and had Ritchie not walked out, we would have finished; that would have been the end of it. Ian Gillan
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One of my greatest pleasures is writing on my Web site. Ian Gillan
Writing Pleasures Web Web Site Greatest Site
You can never criticize a monumental musician like Jon Lord or Richie Blackmore, or the part they played in the group, but life goes on. Ian Gillan
Life You Group Monumental Musician Criticize Life Goes On Jon Never Part Like Lord Goes Richie Played
The people who come to Purple shows are there for the music. Ian Gillan
Music People Purple Come Who Shows
I think you function much better when you trust people and when you've got a sort of relationship where you can develop ideas within a framework. Ian Gillan
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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
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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
Good Family Band Relationships Developed Got Years Friendships After Really
If there was such a thing as a typical English gentleman in rock music, then it was Jon Lord. Ian Gillan
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To the general public in America, the lifespan of Deep Purple probably finished with our 1984 album, 'Perfect Strangers.' Ian Gillan
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Things evolve. People mature. Ian Gillan
People Evolve Mature Things
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
Wikipedia Else Everyone About Bothered Entry Heard Again Then Incorrect
I'm very grateful for the other bands and artists that stood up for us with a view to our induction - that's nice of them. But I wish that the Hall Of Fame had had the discretion to ask us first. It's now become a debate in which we are too late to have the final word. Ian Gillan
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Can you imagine doing 'Nessa Dorma' with Luciano Pavarotti the maestro? It's unbelievable. He's a very generous man. Ian Gillan
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I have to think that 'Nessa Dorma' is the greatest rock ballad that's never been recorded as such. Ian Gillan
Think Recorded Never Greatest Rock Ballad Been
I don't think anyone likes to be pushed around. Ian Gillan
Think Pushed Likes Around Anyone
I realised that if I wanted to carry on with my musical dreams, I had to change, so I started meditating, and I changed my life entirely. Ian Gillan
Life Dreams Change My Life Changed Musical Carry Entirely Had Wanted Realised Started Meditating
Singles - we hated it, going on 'Top Of The Pops' and all that rubbish. Ian Gillan
Rubbish Top Hated Singles Going Pops
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
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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
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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
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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
Music Enemy Own Control Saw TV Steering Had Beyond Rock Rock Music Wheel Establishment
We soaked up everything from Beethoven to Chopin to Jimi Hendrix to Joni Mitchell and Bob Dylan. Ian Gillan
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I've never been troubled by disappointment, and I get over it quickly. But I'm not good at making plans, and I don't have any ambitions. I never did. Ian Gillan
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When I was a kid, every street had a band, and we'd steal members from each other. Ian Gillan
Band Every Other Kid Members Steal Had Each Street
Life's not so rocky now. It was very volatile when you're young: you've got no experience. Your sense of disappointment is far greater; your sense of success is overwhelming. And then you've got the emotional conflict within any group that you're not mature enough to deal with until you get older. It levels out. Ian Gillan
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