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Ritchie Blackmore [1945-0] English

Rank: 103
Musician, Guitarist

Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmore is an English guitarist and songwriter. He was one of founding members of Deep Purple in 1968, playing jam-style hard-rock music which mixed guitar riffs and organ sounds.

Amazing, Attitude, Car, Learning

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If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.		101
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.		102
They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.		103
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.	Learning	104
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.	Car	105
I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.	Amazing, Attitude	106
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.		107
When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.		108
I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway.		109
When something is not good, it's bad. Period.		110
I criticize my own work pretty harshly.		111
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.		112
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.	Attitude	113
Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.		114
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.		115
The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.		116
I think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death.		117
I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.		118
Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.		119
If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.		120
Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.		121
Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.		122
Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.	Amazing	123
Simplicity is the key.		124
The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.		125
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.		126
Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician.		201
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.		202
Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?		203
I can never remember what I do even in the studio.		204
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.		205
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.		206
What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?		207
I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.		208
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.		209
I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular.		210
I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.		211
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.		212
When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.		213
I like leaping around on stage as long as it's done with class. None of this jumping up in the air and doing the splits.		214
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.		215
I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.		216
I don't see myself as such an important guitarist.		217
I feel like I own the stage.		218
Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.		219
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.		220
I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.		221
I was always stuck in a musical no man's land.		222
Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.		223

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