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" When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised. "
Ritchie Blackmore
Own
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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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" When you're recording, if you're not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess. "
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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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" Those record companies don't know what's happening at all. "
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" Simplicity is the key. "
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" I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. "
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" I don't use the twang bar anymore. It's become too popular. "
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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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" 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. "
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" The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument. "
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" I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he's pure showbusiness. "
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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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" I was always stuck in a musical no man's land. "
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" I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk. "
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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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