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" 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

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

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" I criticize my own work pretty harshly. "

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" When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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

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" Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune. "

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

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

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" 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. "

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" I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about him was brilliant. "

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" 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. "

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

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