Top 49 Quotes by Ritchie Blackmore

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.

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

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.

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

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

Simplicity is the key.

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

I criticize my own work pretty harshly.

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.

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