Words matter. These are the best Ritchie Blackmore Quotes, and they’re great for sharing with your friends.
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.
I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
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.
I think a lot about death more than life, because we’re going towards death.
When you’re around someone good, your own standards are raised.
If a ballet dancer falls over, it’s knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.
The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
I feel like I own the stage.
Those record companies don’t know what’s happening at all.
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.
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.
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He’s overrated.
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.
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.
I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he’s pure showbusiness.
Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.
Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that’s what caught everybody’s attention. As a player, he didn’t do anything amazing.
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band – we wanted to play rock and roll only.
I criticize my own work pretty harshly.
I’m not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.
Jimi… He was the gov’nor and that’s it. He was brilliant, wasn’t he?
I was always stuck in a musical no man’s land.
Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He’s very underrated.
The only way you can get good, unless you’re a genius, is to copy. That’s the best thing. Just steal.
I can never remember what I do even in the studio.
If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.
Session work makes you more strict. You can’t hit notes all over the place. You’ve got to make each one really count.
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.
When you’re recording, if you’re not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.
Playing a Fender is an art itself. They’re always going out of tune.
I never work out my leads. Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous. If someone says, ‘That was good; play that again,’ I’m not able to do it.
Simplicity is the key.
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.
