“When rock was young it was a rebellion. But it was not a political rebellion. It was a rebellion of young people against their parents’ generation. It was them saying ‘this is our music. It’s not yours!’ the more the parents said, ‘It’s loud, it’s horrible, we hate it,’ the more young people said, ‘Good!’ Now you’ve got people of an older generation who are still playing rock 'n' roll music like me or the Rolling Stones or U2, for example. The rebellion of young against old has finished. Rock music has grown wider, I think. What it is still used for is, perhaps a little bit more, a political rebellion. Young people are saying ‘this is my voice, this is what I want you to understand about me as a young person’. And I think that is a rebellion that is in music now.”

The 68-year-old versatile musician says all of popular music is a way for young people to express themselves and stand outside of the normal. However, with creativity comes responsibility.

“There is a responsibility in being a performer. There’s a responsibility to yourself to be as good as you can possibly be, in other words, keep practicing, keep learning. There’s also a responsibility to people who believe in you because of something you said or played 30 years ago. We [artists] should never forget that.”

On October 15, Lord will be playing his trademark Hammond organ and keyboards together with the Moscow Symphony Orchestra and Hungarian band “Cry Free”. They will perform a "Concerto for Group and Orchestra" as well as famous Deep Purple hits including “Soldier Of Fortune” and “Child In Time”.