Ritchie Blackmore Quotes

• 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’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’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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• 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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• Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.

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• I can never remember what I do even in the studio.

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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 criticize my own work pretty harshly.

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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 don’t see myself as such an important guitarist.

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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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• 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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  Tags in Person, Likes, Grand

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

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  Tags in Amazing, Brilliant

• I don’t use the twang bar anymore. It’s become too popular.

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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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• I feel like I own the stage.

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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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• Jimi… He was the gov’nor and that’s it. He was brilliant, wasn’t he?

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Ritchie Blackmore (41)

Birth:	15th April, 1945
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Guitarist, Lyricist

About

Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is a British guitarist and songwriter, known as one of the first guitarists to fuse classical music elements with blues rock.

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