Ginger Baker Quotes & Sayings

People say Cream gave birth to heavy metal. If that's so, we should have had an abortion. — Ginger Baker

They credited us with the birth of that sort of heavy metal thing. Well, if that's the case, there should be an immediate abortion. — Ginger Baker

I have never taken more than two weeks to record an album throughout my career. — Ginger Baker

I have never had a great love of the music business, I never have. — Ginger Baker

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll. — Ginger Baker

God is punishing me for my past wickedness by keeping me alive and in as much pain as he can. — Ginger Baker

I think the American government is now the most corrupt government in the world. — Ginger Baker

I'm amazed that I can still play really. But I can. — Ginger Baker

It happens to us quite often-it feels as though I'm not playing my instrument, something else is playing it and that same thing is playing all three of our instruments. That's what I mean when I say it's frightening sometimes. Maybe we'll all play the same phrase out of nowhere. It happens very often with us. — Ginger Baker

In West Virginia, we're all family. We know how firefighters and policemen honor their own and we feel our miners deserve to be honored in a similar way. — Ginger Baker

If I am playing any music at all it is jazz music. — Ginger Baker