Listening to as many guitar solos as possible is the best method for someone in the early stages. But saxophone solos can be helpful. They're interesting because they are all single notes, and therefore can be repeated on the guitar.… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I'm not one for sitting around listening to my own music, because I tend to cringe and think that I could have done better. I also suffer from red light syndrome quite a lot. I tend to narrow my thinking… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
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… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only. — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing. — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything else about… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
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… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
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,… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I had given up the guitar between '75 and '78. I completely lost interest. I was sick of hearing other guitar players and I… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
... Jeff Beck is my idol .. sometimes he finds notes that I just do not have on my guitar. Frank Zappa's another one… — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
I'm not good enough, technically, to be a classic musician. I lack discipline. — Ritchie Blackmore Copy Share Image
