15 Quotations by Richard Thompson
- 1. Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a comp ...

- 2. As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, ...

- 3. But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. Th ...

- 4. I suppose the mindset for a band show is more that you overpower the audience. That sounds rather to ...

- 5. I take notes all the time, too. You know, something terrible happens to you, and you think, Bastards ...

- 6. I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I a ...

- 7. I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

- 8. I'm glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, be ...

- 9. Imagining playing the guitar is a slightly looser thing than playing it. You can hear more things so ...

- 10. Music is a great healer, a great diffuser of things like racism. It cuts through boundaries, and it' ...

- 11. Popular is a tricky word. People in large numbers don't always have the best taste. I prefer to conc ...

- 12. The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

- 13. There's a part of me that wishes I'd never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Th ...

- 14. To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Borderin ...

- 15. When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And ...

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