Ritchie Blackmore Quotes
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Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician.
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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.
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I can do the old hand vibrato just fine, but I like attacking the strings.
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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.
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I'm not one for sitting around listening to my own music, because I tend to cringe and think that I could have done better. I also suffer from red light syndrome quite a lot. I tend to narrow my thinking when the red light goes on to record. Instead of just relaxing and playing and emoting, I think of time being wasted so I won't take a chance on something. Consequently, when I hear it back, I think, "Why the hell did I play it so safe on that piece of music when I could have really opened up?" Well, it's because of not wanting to make a mistake.
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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.
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I can never remember what I do even in the studio.
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I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined.
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The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
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I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.
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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.
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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
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Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can be helpful. They're interesting because they are all single notes, and therefore can be repeated on the guitar. If you can copy a sax solo you're playing very well, because the average saxophonist can play much better than the average guitarist.
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I've always thought that I'm not really a guitar player, but I just practised so much that I developed into a kind of a bit of a musician, but I've often doubted my musical ear. If someone sings me a melody, I have to improvise on that melody, because I can't retain the information they've given me. That's why I still practise today, I suppose, because I still feel inadequate.
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Simplicity is the key.
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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.
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If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
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Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he?
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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.
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I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.
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I don't play by those rules; I'm my own worst enemy sometimes. There's something in me that has to go against the grain. You know, I don't like to be a dead fish, swimming with all the other dead fish, I like to go upstream sometimes, against the flow.
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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.
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When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.
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Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.