Quotes about Ritchie Blackmore

But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that,...

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What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about...

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Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.

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The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's...

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The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

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Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player,...

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Simplicity is the key.

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Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've...

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

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

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

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

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