Ken Hensley Quotes

The Past Has Infinite Value If One Learns From It.

I Always Write Lyrics First And The Rhythm And The Melody Come From The Lyrics. It Always Comes From The Lyrics: Words Have Rhythm And Words Have Melody.

Visible Faith Is An Expression Of My Christian Faith Which Must Be Visible To Be Real! I Gave The Name To The Collection Of Musicians Who Worked With Me On The Record.

When I Left Heep I Didn't Know What I Wanted! It Took Me A Long Time To Adjust To Life Away From The Band And The Only Thing I Knew Was That I Didn't Want To Repeat My Mistakes!

I Am, First Of All, A Christian And, Secondly, A Person With Very Very Serious Personal Opinion, So I'm Motivated By Many Many Things And, Certainly, Not By The Need Or Desire To Satisfy Other People's Ideas Of Who I Am.

The Gods Was My First Professional Band And I Learned A Lot During That Time. It Was Very Cool Playing With So Many Great Musicians As It Helped Me To Learn.

When We Were Making Vinyl Records We Had A Lot Of Time Limitations For Each Record So Songs Were Left Off For A Number Of Reasons. Now, With Cds, Much More Music Can Be Included.

I Have Never Learned To Read Or Write Music So I Am Not A Virtuoso Musician Like The Others You Mentioned. I Am Completely Unable To Play Like Them Because I Never Learned Classical Music, I Just Developed My Own Crazy Style!

It Was Both Exciting And Frustrating To Work With An Orchestral Group.

If You Want To Capitulate To What Commercial Needs Are, You Can Always Be Commercially Valuable, But I'm Not Interested In Being That.

I Actually Never Knew Peter Green But I Do Respect His Early Work Very Much.

The Band Projects Just Took Natural Priority. I Didn't Really Have A Solo Career, Just Wanted To Share The Music In Another Way And To Learn More About Writing, Recording, Etcetera.