Ritchie Blackmore Quotes
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.
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I really like Ariana Grande, Jessie J, and Nicki Minaj's song, the 'Bang Bang' song. It's the new 'Lady Marmalade.' So good.
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The one woman who never gives herself is your free woman, who is always giving herself.
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Capitalism offers you freedom, but far from giving people freedom, it enslaves them.
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It is such a gift to be able to write songs in general, but when you can share it with somebody, it is just such a pleasure. It is such a happy moment when you finish a song, and you are just like, 'Wow - that was great.'
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The more one forgets himself - by giving himself to a cause to serve or another person to love - the more human he is.
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My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.
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I've been fascinated by the Internet from the very start. In 2001, I had made a funny black-and-white film called 'How to Dance Properly,' a short video of me dancing to a Madonna song. I sent it to 17 of my friends on a Thursday, and by Monday, one million people a day were logging on to view it.
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Bernie Madoff is probably more nuanced then I'm giving him credit for, but I just couldn't get under his skin.
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I was doing these performance art pop music pieces in the city. And they were a bit on the eccentric side I suppose. So people started to call me Gaga after the Queen song 'Radio Gaga.'
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The first song I learned on the guitar was a Kenny Chesney song called 'What I Need to Do'; it was just an easy song to play... and it was really cool to see that come full-circle a few years later and have him record a song that I was part of.
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You want to reach people, but you also want to reach them in the most authentic way. You now have a mass market and an audience that's listening, but they're in love with a song that means absolutely nothing to you.
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Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving.
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If it weren't for the rocks in its bed, the stream would have no song.
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Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of man.
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How could you justify giving Holland twice the amount of money that you gave Belgium? Well, finally, I put it up to them. They said that they couldn't do it; it would destroy them. I said they had to do it. And I finally got support from Hoffman on it.
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Each song has its own life.
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'Whiplash' was always the song I hated the most because it's a song designed to screw with drummers.
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When I write, I don't have any expectation of what kind of song it will become or who it might reach.
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The song of canariesNever varies,And when they're moultingThey're pretty revolting.
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The original title was 'Waking Up Diagonal'. It's the first line of the song. I just thought it was more interesting than 'I Don't Care', which is such a boring title to me. When I hear that song, it breaks my heart a little bit because it's my story.
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I'm the most terrific liar you ever saw in your life.
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I was blessed to grow up on a farm, and when you're a farm boy, exercise is part of your lifestyle. Like it or not, that environment makes you work out. On the farm, nature is your gym. You walk and run and swim and have to do a lot of work with animals too.
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Live audiences love me because I'm singing and actually am able to f**k with people live over the mic.
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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.
