11 quotes by Ginger Baker (1939-2019), British (Musician)

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Ginger Baker

I have never taken more than two weeks to record an album throughout my career.

Ginger Baker

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music.

Ginger Baker

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.

Ginger Baker

I have never had a great love of the music business, I never have.

Ginger Baker

I'm amazed that I can still play really. But I can.

Ginger Baker

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world.

Ginger Baker

God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can.

Ginger Baker

People say Cream gave birth to heavy metal. If that's so, we should have had an abortion.

Ginger Baker

They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion.

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About the Author

Ginger Baker

Born: August 19, 1939
Died: October 6, 2019
Nationality: British
Profession: Musician, Songwriter

Biography

Peter Edward "Ginger" Baker was an English drummer and a co-founder of the rock band Cream. His work in the 1960s and 1970s earned him the reputation of "rock's first superstar drummer", for a style that melded jazz and African rhythms and pioneered both jazz fusion and world music.

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