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title: "1 Blues Guitarists Quotes By Ritchie Blackmore"
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> [A lot of blues guitarists play with only three fingers, and they can't figure out certain runs that require the use of their little fingers. Classical training is good for that.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/a-lot-of-blues-guitarists-play-with-only-three-fingers-and-they-can-t/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

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## More by Ritchie Blackmore

> [I can turn on some jazz guitarist, and he won't do a thing for me, if he's not playing electrically. But Jeff Beck's great…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-can-turn-on-some-jazz-guitarist-and-he-won-t-do-a-thing-for-me-if/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [I have never met one person who likes Grand Funk.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-have-never-met-one-person-who-likes-grand-funk/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/ian-gillan-roger-glover-and-i-wanted-to-be-a-hard-rock-band-we-wanted/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [Combing my hair doesn't make me a better musician.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/combing-my-hair-doesn-t-make-me-a-better-musician/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/stevie-ray-vaughan-was-very-intense-maybe-that-s-what-caught/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-was-impressed-by-hendrix-not-so-much-by-his-playing-as-his-attitude/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [I'm definitely not a guy that comes in the dressing room saying, "Hey, everybody, what a wonderful life." I'm usually brooding about something I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-m-definitely-not-a-guy-that-comes-in-the-dressing-room-saying-hey/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [Most guitar players get a name because the band that they're in has become popular. That doesn't mean that they're particularly good, whereas conversely,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/most-guitar-players-get-a-name-because-the-band-that-they-re-in-has/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-had-given-up-the-guitar-between-75-and-78-i-completely-lost/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [I criticize my own work pretty harshly.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-criticize-my-own-work-pretty-harshly/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/jeff-beck-is-my-idol-sometimes-he-finds-notes-that-i-just-do-not-have/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-m-not-good-enough-technically-to-be-a-classic-musician-i-lack/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/learning-to-play-with-a-big-amplifier-is-like-trying-to-control-an/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [If you can play well in the studio, you can play well on stage.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/if-you-can-play-well-in-the-studio-you-can-play-well-on-stage/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ritchie-blackmore/i-m-very-moved-by-renaissance-music-but-i-still-love-to-play-hard/)

[Ritchie Blackmore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ritchie-blackmore/)

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