Quotes by Glenn Hughes - Page 1

I'm not driven by the mighty dollar.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Driven
Dollar
Mighty
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Every single day, I write something new and record it.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Something New
Every Single Day
Single Day
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I was very famous as a young man and I celebrated both the good and bad times with drinking.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Men
Bad Times
Drinking
Good And Bad
Young Man
Celebrated
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Some people might go to the gym and swim laps, but I write songs. Every single day, I write something new and record it.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Gym
Something New
Swim
Day People New
Every Single Day
Laps
Single Day
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Playin' bass runs and singin' lead vox, is sometimes difficult, but I have three words for you: Practice, practice, practice!
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Running
Practice
Three
Runs
Singin
Vox
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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.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Blessing
Spiritual
Thank God
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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.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Exploring
Lyrical
Sober
Thinking
Material
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I think the greatest records we've ever heard, from Zeppelin to Purple to Sabbath to The Who, were all recorded in the studio live.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Purple
Sabbath
Studio
The Who
Zeppelin
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When I sing, I pick out people in the audience and pinpoint on them. So if you feel that I am singing just for you, you may be right!
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
People
Sight
Singing
I Am People Feel
I Am Singing People
Pick
Pinpoint
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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.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
American Music
Roots
Love Music People
Love Music Black
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Listen to your inner-voice: Surround yourself with loving, nurturing people. Fall in love with your art and find yourself. Music is the great communicator.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Art
Love
Fall
Nurturing
Surround
Surround Yourself
Love Art Music
Communicator
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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.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Compliment
Fingers
Great Me Who
Bass Player
Pick
Plays
Thumb
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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.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Art
Human Condition
People
Song
Songwriting
Vibes
Love Art People
Condition
Art Form
Carry
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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.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Albums
Focused
Perfect Fit
Embraced
Wearing
Hat
Shoe
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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.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Albums
Deep Purple
Purple
Twice
Extremely
Led
Led Zeppelin
Zeppelin
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I heard the Beatles and the Stones, and Mom bought me an electric guitar. I played lead for four years and then switched to bass. One day someone suggested that I should sing, so I sheepishly stepped up to the microphone and the rest is rock history.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Mom
Electric
Electric Guitar
Guitar
Rocks
Bought
Microphone
Stepped
Suggested
Switched
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I had a constant fascination with the darkside. It is another world, bordering on insanity, and demonic possession, or what I thought was my own Soul Bending personal nirvana. Its good to be back in the middle of the boat, instead of hanging on for dear life in the last life boat.
Glenn Hughes / Bassist
Fascination
Insanity
Soul
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