73 Quotes by Ritchie Blackmore

If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.

Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.

Those record companies don't know what's happening at all.

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.

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.

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.