Glenn Hughes Quotes

Every single day, I write something new and record it.

Playin’ bass runs and singin’ lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!

I think I’m better than I was in my younger days, because I’m exploring deep lyrical material, and I’ve been sober for a while now.

A lot of other bass players have told me I’m the only bass player who plays with a pick but sounds like he’s playing with the thumb and fingers, which is a great compliment.

Am I the man who killed Deep Purple? I don’t think so. I think every band from that era, even if you look at Led Zeppelin, if you look at their first four albums, they’re extremely different from one another, and I’ve never made the same album twice.

I was very famous as a young man and I celebrated both the good and bad times with drinking.

I thank God for his many blessings he has given me, but money and prestige are not what it’s about. I seek spiritual progression.

I love the art form of songwriting. I get to carry a lot of vibes to a lot of people. My songs are all about the human condition, and people will be able to find themselves in my songs.

I joke to people in the press that I realize I’m not black, I’m actually white. But I’ve got these roots in black American music. I love it.

Some people might go to the gym and swim laps, but I write songs. Every single day, I write something new and record it.

When I embraced the rock hat, when I put it on two or three years ago, when I realized I’m gonna go and make really focused rock albums, it felt like wearing an old shoe. It was a perfect fit.