Glenn Tipton Quotes
Glenn Tipton Quotes
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A lot of bands that reunite do it for the wrong reasons. They do it for the bucks and everybody can sense it.
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Back in 1994 there was no Judas Priest.
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But then, you never know. It really depends on what I want to do at the moment, and I don't believe in pre meditating what I'm gonna do.
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But this is what I want to do, and it is what I will continue doing until Judas Priest finishes, which, at the moment, I can't see that yet. It could be three years or five years, who knows?
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I have a lot to do with the writing, and also the production, but it would be wrong of me to say that I'm the most important member of the band, because everybody is important the way I see it.
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I started out myself rather late you see, I was 18.
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I think we all appreciate it now just how lucky we are to be in a band like Judas Priest.
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I've got the luxury to tailor make the songs so I can sing them.
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If you're not enjoying yourself, you can't really look as if you are.
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It'll be basically a live album, but it will also include songs, Judas Priest songs, the audience have never heard before, because we felt we wanted to give the kids something else, something they haven't already bought.
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My vocal ability is very limited, but I'm fortunate in that I can write the songs around my vocal limitations.
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Now we can play less, and to more people doing bigger venues in America, so that gives us more time, so I have to live in two places.
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On a writing level we have a magic formula in Priest. It's a great formula that works and locks in and gives the band such strength of character.
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Sadly, I've seen a lot of bands hit that sort of peak and then eventually start supporting again, you know, which we will never do. We always put a lot of thought into the way that we are going to go, and we always change.
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The hardest part is to travel, and to be away from your family.
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Then I decided I couldn't just crawl in the corner and die, so I started putting pen to paper and wrote some songs. I had no idea what for or who I was going to work with. I tried to find my way and direction.
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There are a lot better musicians than me out there that just haven't had the luck to fall into everything like I have.
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There are right and wrong reasons for doing solo projects, and this album was done for the right reasons. At the time there was no Judas Priest and I certainly wasn't going to hang my hat up on my musical career.
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We love not just Judas Priest music, but we love heavy metal and we love to get out on that stage every night and perform. It's a joy to be able to do it.
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Yeah, but on the U.S Tour we threw a new song into the set almost every night. Ofcourse, you can't do too many new songs every night as they've never heard it.
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Yes, we are fortunate because as a band we've always been on the up, always getting more successful.
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You can have a bad day, but as soon as you set foot on that stage it's joyous.
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You have to get to know your voice and its strengths and play on those. It took me quite a long time.
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