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Simplicity is the key.
Ritchie Blackmore
Key
Simplicity
When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag.
Ritchie Blackmore
Day
End
Feeling
Waiting
Years
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.
Ritchie Blackmore
Play
Song
What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?
Ritchie Blackmore
Change
Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.
Ritchie Blackmore
Work
The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.
Ritchie Blackmore
Melancholy
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.
Ritchie Blackmore
Play
Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.
Ritchie Blackmore
Art
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.
Ritchie Blackmore
Guitar
Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
Ritchie Blackmore
Control
Learning
Play
Trying
Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He's very underrated.
Ritchie Blackmore
Winter
World
If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.
Ritchie Blackmore
Play
If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts.
Ritchie Blackmore
Ballet
The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
Ritchie Blackmore
Genius