Ken Hensley Quotations

The past has infinite value if one learns from it.

I lived in an area where there were a lot of rock musicians, and we got together regularly in our studios.

It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

People often forget this - a vinyl album could only contain a maximum of 20 minutes per side!