Ritchie Blackmore Quotes

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Ritchie Blackmore

Profession : Musician

Birth : April 14, 1945

I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness.

Ritchie Blackmore

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.

Ritchie Blackmore

I was always stuck in a musical no man's land.

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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.

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Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums.

Ritchie Blackmore

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 think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death.

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