Ritchie Blackmore
Ritchie Blackmore
Richard Hugh "Ritchie" Blackmoreis an English guitarist and songwriter. He began his career as a session musician as a member of the instrumental band The Outlaws and as a backing musician of pop singers such as Glenda Collins, Heinz, Screaming Lord Sutch and Neil Christian...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth14 April 1945
complain life looked periods school sums time window
They used to complain at school that I looked out of the window for long periods of time - that sums up my life. I like to look out the window, do nothing, daydream.
periods
When something is not good, it's bad. Period
I was always stuck in a musical no man's land.
change english-musician original
What's the point of re-releasing an album? The original sounded good, why change something about it?
good totally work
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.
death life
I think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death.
english-musician given guitar hearing lost players sick tired
I had given up on 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.
player rays attention
Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.
notes strict session
Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count.
discipline not-good-enough musician
I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.
player guitar reputation
In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.
spontaneity spontaneous
Everything I do is usually totally spontaneous.
sound cleanliness mess
When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess.
play stage wells
If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.