When you’re recording, if you’re not really clean in your playing, it sounds like a mess. — Ritchie Blackmore
Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that’s what caught everybody’s attention. — Ritchie Blackmore
Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He’s overrated. — Ritchie Blackmore
Johnny Winter is one of the best blues players in the world. He’s very underrated. — Ritchie Blackmore
I can imagine that Rod Stewart likes giving autographs because he’s pure showbusiness. — Ritchie Blackmore
If a ballet dancer falls over, it’s knowing how to get out looking clumsy that counts. — Ritchie Blackmore
But you have to give your whole life to a cello. When I realized that, I went back to the — Ritchie Blackmore
I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won’t do a thing for me, if he’s not playing electrically. — Ritchie Blackmore