#ay

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

Mel is nuts. He puts on a suit and a tie and acts like a normal person so people think he's okay. He's definitely out in left field. He's got the ambition of a boy. ↗

— Dom DeLuise

#ambition #boy #definitely #field #got

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 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

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

— Ritchie Blackmore

#i #land #man #musical #stuck

I've been in this business for a long time, and I no longer think that anything that I do by way of clarification is ever going to eradicate the mistakes. ↗

— Ann Beattie

#been #business #clarification #eradicate #ever

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 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

I've always been fascinated by the Gold Coast. The homes themselves are spectacular, unlike anything you'll see other than in Newport, Bar Harbor or Palm Beach. It's a very special area that, because of local demographics, is not going to survive much longer. ↗

— Nelson DeMille

#anything #area #bar #beach #because