I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
“Life is just as deadly as it looks, but fiction is more forgiving.” — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
There are only three white blues singers -- Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them. — Richard Thompson Blues Copy Share Image
Will there be any bartenders up there in Heaven, will the pubs never close? — Richard Thompson Bartender Copy Share Image
I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do. — Richard Thompson Children 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 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
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I'm sure every pattern has been covered, but it's nice to think you might dwell on some that other people don't. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity. — Richard Thompson Acoustic guitar Copy Share Image
What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
“Did the tea-time of your soul Make you long for wilder days Did you never let Jack Kerouac Wash over you in… — Richard Thompson 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 Copy Share Image
Nothing is plainer than that, if the principles of the church of Rome prevail here, our Constitution would fall. The two cannot… — Richard Thompson Antagonism 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
People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more… — Richard Thompson Extremes 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
When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can… — 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
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
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
The good part of writing is where it gets out of your control and turns into something else. You look at it… — Richard Thompson Good writing 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
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… — Richard Thompson 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
An audience will let you know if a song communicates. If you see them kind of falling asleep during the song, or… — Richard Thompson Audience 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
I think whatever you believe in affects whatever you express, whatever you create. It shapes your morality in some way. But I… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
“Said Red Molly to James that's a fine motorbike A girl could feel special on any such like Said James to Red… — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
To see both sides of a quarrel, is to judge without hate or alarm — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action. — Richard Thompson Action Copy Share Image
Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
