Ian Gillan Quotes

I didn't like progressive jazz or anything. Rock was something I like to listen to.

I'm not everybody's cup of tea. But sometimes criticism can be hurtful. Be respectful. I'm a good piano player, I can sing well, I write good songs. If you don't like it, fair enough. But give me a break.

What I wanted to do was play the guitar but I don't like instrumental rock. I think it is tripe.

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

I like rock music. I like jazz better, though.

All rock musicians are deaf... Or insensitive to mellow sounds.

I'm one of those rare breed of rock n' rollers with a brain, probably because the brain's still intact.

If a little kid picks up Guitar Hero and learns 'Smoke On The Water,' he soon finds out that if he wants the chicks to look at him, he'd better learn it on the guitar!

I'm a rock and roll kid, but to me, rock and roll isn't just four idiots banging their instruments really loud.

I've always really been a big fan of rock music. I wanted to record rock music when I was 14 or 15, but I was too young; it would have been ridiculous.

As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn't like it. It wasn't cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock music. I didn't have any interest in piano. I did it for three years, and because of piano, I learned percussion. I learned scales. I learned how to sing. Piano gives you all of the basics of those things.

I can count on less than five fingers the things I can do well, so I'm just going to stick to those. It's crazy; it's literally all I've ever wanted to do in life is sing and play and get out there and rock.

I'm a rock/blues guitar player. I'm not wanting to be a pop star or anything.

I grew up with my parents always listening to rock music. My dad wanted me to play guitar, but I always had more of an ear for drums. He really wanted me to be a guitar player, like him.

Everybody is always raving about the Rolling Stones, saying, 'The Stones this, and the Stones that.' I've never cared for the Stones. They never had anything to offer me musically, especially in the drumming department.

I've always considered rock 'n' roll, the music and the dancing, an art form.

Yeah, of course, there's always gonna be people with their own opinions about a female in rock music and men in rock music, but at the end of the day, it's just about being a good musician.

Few occupations pass the solitary hours more fruitfully than the playing of a musical instrument.

We play the instruments we love.

There's always going to be a percentage of the kids out there who want to hear people who can actually play and sing.

I just want people to leave a show and go, 'That was the most rockin' show I've ever seen.' I hope people can just roll with me a little bit - you know?

I've always liked music since I was younger.

A lot of people with a range of styles and vocal tones make all kinds of music for all sorts of audiences. I'll be forever grateful for that.

We've played music all our lives.

We've always imagined ourselves as a rock band. We've always been a rock band playing the wrong instruments.