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" I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much anyway. "

Ritchie Blackmore

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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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" When something is not good, it's bad. Period. "

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

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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 think a lot about death more than life, because we're going towards death. "

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

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" When I was 20, I didn't give a damn about song construction. I just wanted to make as much noise and play as fast and as loud as possible. "

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

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Not Good Enough

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

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

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" I feel like I own the stage. "

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" Session work makes you more strict. You can't hit notes all over the place. You've got to make each one really count. "

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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. "

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" Simplicity is the key. "

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" I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want to be able to quietly watch a band. "

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" 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. "

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" I can never remember what I do even in the studio. "

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

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" Those record companies don't know what's happening at all. "

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" Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician. "

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" Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. "

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