Ian Gillan Quotes

I think Bridge Over Troubled Water was a very good song. Artie sang it beautifully. The Boxer was a really nice record. But I don't think I've written any great songs.

They wanted to start recording rock 'n roll, and thought I had the right voice.

I wrote a song with Kara DioGuardi called 'What If,' and it's a really beautiful song. It's kind of like a rock ballad. There's a lot of guitars and drums in it.

When I was 13, I was just figuring out how to play 'Eruption,' poorly, by Eddie Van Halen.

I wanted to play rock and roll when I started playing. Nobody at that time ever thought about songwriting. You sang songs, that's all. You sang other people's songs. That's all there were.

With Audioslave, it's all about melody and chord progressions.

I was listening to the 'Song Remains The Same' version of 'Dazed And Confused' and, oh my God, that is such an amazing version live.

As far as songwriting, I'm not sure if they wrote all of their own stuff, but I love the Dixie Chicks.

I always wanted to make rock music as well or as an element of what I do.

I'm pretty into music. Anything with music I love... I'm really big on lyrical content plus a good beat.

When I became a 'rock musician,' I assumed pop music was easy to write and that interesting rock music, or alternative music, was hard. It was only later I realised that writing a pop song is the hardest thing musically.

I play music from Queen, to Elton John, to classic.

Most of the time I was in grammar school through high school, I was in some kind of rock n' roll band. I would say that at least 80 percent of my energy was involved with whatever band I was involved in.

I love playing bass. It's mostly what I play in Divine Fits.

There's all these musicians in the world, and anybody that takes enough time to create a record or even think about the fantasy of rock & roll, it's a vulnerable place to be in, it's a huge thing to do.

I like a composer called Henry Purcell, and I love to listen to Neil Young.

A lot of people pretty much only listen to the chorus.

As much as I am hip-hop, I'm soul. As much as I am soul, I'm a turntablist. As much as I'm a DJ, I love jazz and rock.

So yeah, I play the piano for most of the show, but I like rock and roll.

I would like to find a way to embrace what Led Zeppelin did, in filmmaking.

I write contemporary rock with Jane's. And I also write house music with people like Kascade.

The tunes, rhythms, and messages are drawn mainly from secular culture.

I am the architect of rock n' roll. I have to be a fan of all its forms.

I've studied several guitar players and songwriters, mostly from Al di Meola to Dimebag Darrell, from Freddie Mercury of Queen to Kurt Cobain of Nirvana and Bradley Nowell of Sublime.

Rock and roll mainly but I can play passable jazz also.