It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something. — Richard Thompson Enjoyable Copy Share Image
They came in the thousands from the whole human race to pay their respects at his last resting place. — Richard Thompson Human race Copy Share Image
But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That's a kind of… — Richard Thompson Kind Copy Share Image
I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole… — Richard Thompson Glad Copy Share Image
The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records. — Richard Thompson Achievement 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 Confess Copy Share Image
There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have… — Richard Thompson Late 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 Metaphor Copy Share Image
Over the years, I've had fairly benign record companies who gave me a lot of rope, but in spite of that, there's… — Richard Thompson Age Copy Share Image
