Bigs Quote by Ritchie Blackmore Download Open image “Learning to play with a big amplifier is like trying to control an elephant.” — Ritchie Blackmore ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Bigs Elephants Play Trying
I learned a long time ago with guitars and amps or anything else, whatever band I'm in, I'm just going to sound like me… — Pat Smear Copy Share Image
.. the whole idea is that if you turn your amp up to 10, you should still be able to play at a whisper… — Mike Bloomfield Copy Share Image
In the past, I have not been able to hear myself. I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out… — Michael Schenker Copy Share Image
I think it's quite painfully obvious when someone's practicing through an amp, as opposed to someone who's really laying down some stuff that just… — Joe Copy Share Image
I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I dont just play mechanically.… — Michael Schenker Copy Share Image
Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. — Richard Thompson Copy Share Image
I play with feeling so I need to hear what is coming out of the amplifier to inspire me; I don't just play mechanically.… — Michael Schenker Copy Share Image
When you hear the elephant music you're hearing what they mean to make. — Dave Soldier Copy Share Image
Trent likes to record guitars direct, whereas I've always preferred playing through an amplifier. — Daisy Berkowitz Copy Share Image
“Everything comes down so pasteurized everything comes down 16 degrees they say your amplifier is too loud turn your amplifier down are we high… — Patti Smith Copy Share Image
Learning to play is mostly about learning to hear, and learning to really listen deeply to sound in a musical way is a lifetime's… — Pat Metheny Copy Share Image
Sometimes, when you do the music for a play, there are very clear boundaries as to what needs to be achieved. You're very much… — Richard Dawson 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
I am certain that children always know more than they are able to tell, and that makes the big difference between them and adults,… — Jacques Lusseyran Copy Share Image
It is said that history turns on small hinges. A human career, too, results from an accumulating series of decisions about large and small… — Norman Vincent Peale Copy Share Image
The biggest change for me as a mom was realizing I needed to put someone else before me. Now the hardest part about the… — Kim Alexis Copy Share Image
I'm a big fan of all the Boston guys that are acting - Matt Damon , Ben Affleck, Mark Wahlberg - they made a… — Kenny Wormald Copy Share Image
The only regret I have in my career, is my managers wanted a big payday, and I wanted four or five more fights before… — Gerry Cooney Copy Share Image
It goes to show you how we in the press so often miss the big stories that are right under our noses. There is… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
Okay, so I'll admit I'm curious. Big deal. We both know what that leads to. Dead cat. — Susan Elizabeth Phillips Copy Share Image
I don't want this to be a distraction. This has been distracting enough. I'm not going to rehash this going forward. I'm sure other… — Jayson Werth Copy Share Image
I didn't get how big it was until I went home, turned on the television and saw it on all the news, and later… — Paul Simon Copy Share Image
It’s a small thing to help one animal, but to that one animal it’s a big thing — Gene Baur Copy Share Image
