British - Musician | April 3, 1949 -
All audiences should be slightly off balance.
Richard Thompson
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What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.
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I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.
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I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.
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I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.
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The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.
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The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.
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When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun - it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.
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I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.
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As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself.
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Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.
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There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there's so much mileage in that. But it's too late to stop now.
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