Ken Hensley
Ken Hensley
Kenneth William David Hensleyis an English singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer, best known for his work with Uriah Heep during the 1970s...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionRock Singer
Date of Birth24 August 1945
writing firsts rhythm
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.
writing careers priorities
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.
crazy writing play
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!
couple happy lines move musical rick spoken
I have spoken to Rick Wakeman a couple of times but we move on different musical lines at the moment. And I am happy for his success.
colorado living record songs time written
I had written some songs while I was living in Colorado and wanted to record them there. At that time I was essentially retired, actually.
bass company festival played players shows supply together
I never played in Ozzy's band. We played a lot of festival shows together and my company did supply Ozzy's bass players with equipment.
creative enjoying flow naturally phase seem wants
I do seem to be in the most creative phase of my life... ever! I am really enjoying it and I just let it flow as naturally as it wants to.
good-life past infinite
The past has infinite value if one learns from it.
rocks together musician
I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.
groups exciting frustrating
It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.
christian who-i-am personal-opinions
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.
encouraging nice grateful
It is always encouraging and kind when people say nice things about my work but I know that it is not me that did it then and it is not me that is doing it now. It is God living in me and for that I will always be grateful.
christian real expression
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.
mistake long band
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!