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
hit songs successful
All of our most successful songs were simple, straightforward and understandable. I still don't know what makes one song a hit and not another!
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.
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.
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.
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.
addiction hard
It is hard to understand addiction unless you have experienced it.
green peter early-work
I actually never knew Peter Green but I do respect his early work very much.
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
groups exciting frustrating
It was both exciting and frustrating to work with an orchestral group.