Ritchie Blackmore Quotes
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
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For they, the philosophers, were considered teachers of right living, which is far more excellent, since to speak well belongs only to a few, but to live well belongs to all.
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A novel is not a rant.
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Relationships, like cars, should undergo regular services to make sure they are still roadworthy.
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Thousands have lived without love, not one without water.
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We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.
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The real bombs are my books, not me.
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I saw an interview that I did with someone, and I was horrified by it. And I said to my wife, 'This is unbearable how I talk.'
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I'm a single child. I wanted a little brother or a little sister growing up, but when I think about it, I'm happy I'm an only child.
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Whether it's as the hero of an adventure story, as teacher and friend, as icon on watch, shirt or hat - everyone knows Mickey Mouse.
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As long as I'm in great shape, nobody beats me, for sure.
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I like feeling my way into different minds and experiences. It comes naturally and always has.
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In my life, there have always been people who guided my path, towards the school, towards this company. I didn't know about any of it. I didn't have a plan. It's good fortune and generosity from other people that have given me all I have today.
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I think it's natural for a creative to be sensitive. If I'm in the studio and I write something, I think it's the greatest thing in the world; it's like my baby. I just made something out of thin air that exists now in a tangible form. It's the biggest thrill in my life.
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The secret of happiness is to admire without desiring. And that is not happiness.
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We eat animals because they taste good. And if that's O.K., what's wrong with wearing fur? We need as a society to think seriously about our institutionalized animal use.
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I know there are going to be big challenges financially, but I'm excited artistically. I think that if the experience is better artistically, then we have more hope in the future.
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I don't know how many kids I am going to have, but definitely I am one of those women who wants to have family and kids.
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There's always the influence of music, film, art and the other things that drive me. I'm usually inspired by my environment and whatever is making me happy or mad.
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If people need to be informed by lines, then there's no reason why the actor is saying the line except for information for the audience; I think there's something wrong.
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Like a fly bouncing uselessly off a closed window, I'm caught at a moment when the effort of finding new ways to perceive the world feels just out of reach for me.
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When I sit down to write, which is the essential moment in my life, I am completely alone. Whenever I write a book, I accumulate a lot of documentation. That background material is the most intimate part of my private life. It's a little embarrassing - like being seen in your underwear It's like the way magicians never tell others how they make a dove come out of a hat.
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I never saw a department store Santa as a kid. My mother was afraid to take me.
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I started doing all kinds of weird stuff on the guitar, which became part of my playing. I started doing harmonics and tapping on the guitar and pulling off strings and doing all this weird stuff that no one had ever done before.
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In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
