Back in WoD, Ion said it was bring the player, not the class. And I believe it was going into BfA, he said it was bring the class, not the player, and he also said something along the lines of that he had been taken out of context when the earlier quote was mentioned.
It would be nice if the devs would actually know where they want to take the game before they - you know - actually make it. I personally love it when everyone has cc, stuns, interrupts, and such.