Top 35 Quotes & Sayings by David Coverdale

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an English musician David Coverdale.

Last updated on December 25, 2024.

David Coverdale is an English rock singer best known for his work with Whitesnake, a hard rock band he founded in 1978. Before Whitesnake, Coverdale was the lead singer of Deep Purple from 1973 to 1976, after which he established his solo career. A collaboration with ex-Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page resulted in a 1993 studio album that was subsequently certified platinum.

English - Musician | Born: September 22, 1951

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Whitesnake more than most rock bands would get a very significant percentage of women in the audience and those were the ones I'd hear the voices because from where I am on stage is a pretty good spot.

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I saw what Purple meant to people and I still hear it now when I'm in Europe. I'm always shocked that I'm still asked about Purple because it was such a long time ago.

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I probably listen to Burn more than any of them, because it was so new me, so novel. To see my name on an actual record was such an incredible feeling.

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All my vocals were recorded at home, which was great for me. You can actually have a studio in a computer program called ProTools. I did half the record with ProTools.

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I've never been uncomfortable putting my heart on display, my feelings on display, certainly with an audience.

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If I was a politician right now I would change just about everything.

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I stand by every decision I've made throughout my career and my life, good or bad, up or down.

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When certain bootleg companies started off and they would take maybe ten per cent of whatever they got and help fuel new bands, which I'm cool with, I think that's a good idea. Most of the record companies are not doing that.

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Not necessarily, a lot of my songs are firmly tongue in cheek.

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When I was very, very young, seven years old, I heard there was school where you could go to learn to draw. That was my absolute driven passion, to become an artist or a painter. So the romantic realist in me, I studied to be a graphic design artist and an art teacher.

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With all the highs and lows I've had in my life, I wouldn't change anything. So no, I don't, this is what I'm supposed to be doing.

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My voice is an instrument.

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What anybody else thinks about you is really of no consequence. It's what you think of yourself.

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The only one I really like is a song called Saccharine.

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With Whitesnake it would have been inappropriate for me to have played Deep Purple songs, although I did at the beginning because I didn't have enough Whitesnake songs.

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You know, all my songs are relatives, brothers, sisters, cousins.

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Amateurs in professional situations make me very impatient.

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I've always loved music, very simply, as a vehicle to express myself and that hasn't changed.

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In the last couple of years I've been facing down a lot of the demons of the past and trying to find out, who I am, It's something I think I'll be doing for the rest of my life.

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Hard rock may have faded from the media for a time, but I've always been able to make a living, if not in America, then in the rest of the world.

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The other thing that was very noticeable on that tour, not so much in the video, was the new young element that were coming to our shows... I started to see some very young people in the audience... maybe 14, 15, 16 years old.

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The audience will make you feel like a demigod. But when you leave the stage, get back to being human.

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I take care of my voice; I'm working out the way I would do my body, so that stays in shape.

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People think that I don't like women.

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I would hope it's better, but I'm actually acknowledging now that I want to explore all these levels from a whisper to a scream with this gift I've been given.

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The critics love to get out their knives and dine on Coverdale. But the worse the criticism gets, the more successful I become.

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I don't avoid confrontation, people should know that.

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I'm embracing new technology to record my songs, and it's a wonderful way to interact with people who love Whitesnake and help spread the gospel of the 'Snake, and I'm having fun doing it.

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I've always thought live albums were cop-outs.

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Artistic development is a thing of the past, sadly.

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It's all about love.

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I'm the last person to ask 'what do you remember' from a particular time period... I like to learn from the past... not 'live' in it.

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I think we have two very important missions in life. One is to find out who we really are and the other one is to taste as much of life and experience as much of life as we can.

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Most of the albums that have taken long have been related to illness and fatigue or producer problems.

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Someone once asked me, `How does Jimmy Page strike you?' I replied, `With both hands, of course...'

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