Top 49 Quotes by Ritchie Blackmore

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.

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

I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.

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

When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.

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.

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

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.

The cello is such a melancholy instrument, such an isolated, miserable instrument.

I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's how you get your sustain.