Ritchie Blackmore Quotes
Ritchie Blackmore Quotes
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Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.
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I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.
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I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.
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I can never remember what I do even in the studio.
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I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great to listen to.
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I criticize my own work pretty harshly.
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I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular.
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I had given up on the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.
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I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I was tired of my tunes.
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I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.
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I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.
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I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant.
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I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.
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I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.
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I'm very moved by Renaissance music, but I still love to play hard rock - though only if it's sophisticated and has some thought behind it.
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If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
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If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.
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Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
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Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
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Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.
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Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.
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Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.
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The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
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The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
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When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible.
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When something is not good, it's bad. Period.
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When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.
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When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.
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When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag.
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