Richy Blackmore quotes Born: 04/14/1945 Country: united_kingdom

• But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder. (Richy Blackmore)
• Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. (Richy Blackmore)
• I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings. (Richy Blackmore)
• I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness. (Richy Blackmore)
• I can never remember what I do even in the studio. (Richy Blackmore)
• 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. (Richy Blackmore)
• I criticize my own work pretty harshly. (Richy Blackmore)
• I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on his car collection than playing the guitar. (Richy Blackmore)
• I don't see myself as such an important guitarist. (Richy Blackmore)
• I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular. (Richy Blackmore)
• I feel like I own the stage. (Richy Blackmore)
• 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. (Richy Blackmore)
• I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk. (Richy Blackmore)
• I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band. (Richy Blackmore)
• 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. (Richy Blackmore)
• I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing. (Richy Blackmore)
• 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. (Richy Blackmore)
• I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. (Richy Blackmore)
• I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway. (Richy Blackmore)
• 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. (Richy Blackmore)
• I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain. (Richy Blackmore)
• Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. (Richy Blackmore)
• If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. (Richy Blackmore)
• If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage. (Richy Blackmore)
• Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he? (Richy Blackmore)
• Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated. (Richy Blackmore)
• Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant. (Richy Blackmore)
• Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated. (Richy Blackmore)
• Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune. (Richy Blackmore)
• Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count. (Richy Blackmore)
• Simplicity is the key. (Richy Blackmore)

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