Pete Townshend Quotes by Ritchie Blackmore

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• When you're around someone good, your own standards are raised.
• Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.
• The only way you can get good, unless you're a genius, is to copy. That's the best thing. Just steal.
• I've always played every amp I've ever had full up, because rock and roll is supposed to be played loud. Also, that's…
• I however don't go to clubs to show off and to be seen, and certainly not to make statements. I just want…
• I was impressed by Hendrix. His attitude was brilliant. Even the way he walked was amazing.
• Playing a Fender is an art itself. They're always going out of tune.
• I was impressed by Hendrix. Not so much by his playing, as his attitude - he wasn't a great player, but everything…
• Ian Gillan, Roger Glover and I wanted to be a hard rock band - we wanted to play rock and roll only.
• I'm not into that Keith Richard trip of having all those guitars in different tunings. I never liked the Rolling Stones much…
• Stevie Ray Vaughan was very intense. Maybe that's what caught everybody's attention. As a player, he didn't do anything amazing.
• I don't put myself on Jeff Beck's level, but I can relate to him when he says he'd rather be working on…

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