#um

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. ↗

— Mark Twain

#circumstances #denied #even #prayer #profanity

But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the guitar and just turned the volume up a bit louder. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#bit #cello #give #guitar #i

Hendrix inspired me, but I was still more into Wes Montgomery. I was also into the Allman Brothers around the time of those albums. ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#also #around #brothers #hendrix #i

In a repressive society, a writer can be deeply influential, but in a society that's filled with glut and repetition and endless consumption, the act of terror may be the only meaningful act. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#consumption #deeply #endless #filled #glut

Humor has become so cliche and boring that nothing's funny anymore unless it involves something totally disgusting that offends somebody or makes them feel really uncomfortable. ↗

— Tom DeLonge

#become #boring #cliche #disgusting #feel

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

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

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

— Ritchie Blackmore

#instrument #isolated #melancholy #miserable #such

What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it? ↗

— Ritchie Blackmore

#album #change #good #original #point

When a man assumes a public trust he should consider himself a public property. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#consider #himself #man #property #public