Facts about Ritchie Blackmore

Occup.	Musician
From	England
Born	April 14, 1945
Age	80 years

Summary

Ritchie Blackmore is a famous Musician from England, he/she is 80 years old and still alive, born April 14, 1945.

Our collection contains 36 quotes who is written / told by Ritchie.

Related authors: Ronnie James Dio (Musician)

36 Famous quotes by Ritchie Blackmore

"Simplicity is the key"

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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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"Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant"

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"Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only"

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"I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular"

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"I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness"

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"I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings"

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"When something is not good, it's bad. Period"

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"Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated"

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"Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous"

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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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"When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised"

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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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"Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune"

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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'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline"

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"I feel like I own the stage"

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"I don't see myself as such an important guitarist"

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"I criticize my own work pretty harshly"

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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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"If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage"

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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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"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 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"

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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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"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"

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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 was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing"

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"I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk"

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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 can never remember what I do even in the studio"

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"Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated"

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"Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?"

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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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"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 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"

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