Quotes By Ritchie Blackmore

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

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

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.

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

Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.

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

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.

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.

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

I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.

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

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

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

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

Simplicity is the key.

When you've toured for about 10 years like me, you end up feeling like you're always waiting for somebody or something. The whole day is a drag.

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.