Ritchie Blackmore Quotes

English - Musician | April 14, 1945 -

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

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

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

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

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Simplicity is the key.

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SimplicityKey

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

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

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GoodBadSomethingPeriod

I think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death.

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

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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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When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.

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