Ritchie Blackmore

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. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#great #guitarist #i #i can #jazz

I criticize my own work pretty harshly. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#harshly #i #my own #own #pretty

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. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#car #collection #guitar #him #his

I don't see myself as such an important guitarist. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#i #important #myself #see #such

I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#bar #become #i #popular #too

I feel like I own the stage. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#i #i feel #i feel like #like #own

I found the blues too limiting, and classical was too disciplined. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#classical #disciplined #found #i #limiting

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. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#completely #given #guitar #guitar players #had

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. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#around #class #doing #done #i

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. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#again #everything #good #i #i do