Time & Perspective Quote by Glenn Tipton

Tipton frames the solo album as an act of survival, not vanity, and that distinction matters in a genre where “going solo” can read like ego, betrayal, or a cash grab. By talking about “right and wrong reasons,” he’s preemptively litigating the crime scene: he knows fans and bandmates often treat side projects as a referendum on loyalty. The phrase is less moral philosophy than reputation management, delivered with the blunt pragmatism of a working musician.

The key line is “At the time there was no Judas Priest.” It’s a reminder that bands aren’t myths; they’re businesses, relationships, calendars, and sometimes stalemates. When the machine pauses, the individual still has rent, momentum, and identity. Tipton’s “I certainly wasn’t going to hang my hat up on my musical career” rejects the romantic idea that an artist should wait patiently for the flag to be raised again. He’s asserting agency: if the institution that gave him a platform is temporarily absent, he’ll manufacture continuity himself.

There’s also an unspoken defense of craftsmanship. A solo record here isn’t framed as a “statement” so much as keeping the blade sharp, staying in the fight, refusing to let a gap turn into an ending. For metal lifers, that’s not just professionalism; it’s worldview. Tipton positions work as loyalty’s truest proof: not abandoning Priest, but refusing to abandon the self that made Priest possible.