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Type: Musician Quotes Category: English Musician Quotes Date of Birth: April 14, 1945 Nationality: English Find on Amazon: Ritchie Blackmore Related Authors: John Lennon Paul McCartney Ringo Starr Mick Jagger Ozzy Osbourne Keith Richards Roger Daltrey David Bowie |
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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.
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Ritchie Blackmore Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. Ritchie Blackmore I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings. Ritchie Blackmore I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness. Ritchie Blackmore I can never remember what I do even in the studio. Ritchie 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. Ritchie Blackmore I criticize my own work pretty harshly. Ritchie 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. Ritchie Blackmore I don't see myself as such an important guitarist. Ritchie Blackmore I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular. Ritchie Blackmore I feel like I own the stage. Ritchie 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. Ritchie Blackmore I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk. Ritchie 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. Ritchie 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. Ritchie Blackmore I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing. Ritchie 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. Ritchie Blackmore I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. Ritchie 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. Ritchie 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. Ritchie Blackmore |
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