Ritchie Blackmore

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

— Ritchie Blackmore

#i #land #man #musical #stuck

I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#discipline #enough #good #i #lack

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. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#hard #hard rock #i #love #moved

If a ballet dancer falls over, it's knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#ballet dancer #clumsy #counts #dancer #falls

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

— Ritchie Blackmore

#stage #studio #well #you

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

— Ritchie Blackmore

#days #early #fast #finger #guitar

Jimi... He was the gov'nor and that's it. He was brilliant, wasn't he? ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#gov #jimi #nor

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

— Ritchie Blackmore

#blues #johnny #johnny winter #players #underrated

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#chords #crash #feed #guitar #overrated

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

#each #got #hit #make #makes