I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
If you're up on a stage, naked and solo and singing songs to people, there's not much place to hide, so you… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I don't really know how writing process happens, how these songs are arrived at. One of the things I like about the… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
If you're up there performing a song for the first time, it's as if you're hearing it through their ears. You become… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
An audience will let you know if a song communicates. If you see them kind of falling asleep during the song, or… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I think there are shades of political songs; some are more subtle and can be more effective for being subtle, for being… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
Sitting around home I mostly play acoustic. I've got seven or eight guitars of various sorts, including a baritone. Sometimes at home,… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
People want to be the first with the record, they want to be the first to know which songs are on the… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
People want to be the first with the record, they want to be the first to know which songs are on the record, all… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. — Richard Thompson Copy Share
As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
There is in fact a controversy over Darwin's theory. Clearly both theories have religious implications. But this is not about God. — Richard Thompson Copy Share
I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn't that… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
“I’m a fool with a size one head/ I’ll change this heart of mine/ This time, this time” — Richard Thompson Copy Share
I'm glad I can do both full-band electric and solo acoustic performances. It's nice to have contrast, so if you get fed up with… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
An audience will let you know if a song communicates. If you see them kind of falling asleep during the song, or if they… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape and a… — Richard Thompson Copy Share
What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it. — Richard Thompson Copy Share
