Quotes by Glenn Hughes

About Glenn Hughes:

Glenn Hughes is an English rock bassist and vocalist, best known for playing bass and performing vocals for rock pioneers Trapeze, the Mk. III and IV line-ups of Deep Purple and briefly fronting Black Sabbath in the mid-1980s, as well as working with Black Sabbath guitarist Tony Iommi as a solo artist. In addition to being an active session musician, Hughes also maintains a notable solo career. He fronted the supergroup Black Country Communion from 2009 to 2013 and from late 2013 to early 2015, California Breed.
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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

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

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

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

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

Glenn Hughes

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

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

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

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

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

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

Glenn Hughes

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

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

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

Glenn Hughes

I'm not driven by the mighty dollar.

Glenn Hughes

Author Bio

  • NameGlenn Hughes
  • DescriptionBritish singer-songwriter
  • BornAugust 21, 1952
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionBassist; Singer; Singer-songwriter; Guitarist