Ritchie Blackmore Quotes

People think it comes easy to us because we are from a family full of musicians, but I feel it's all about talent.

Talent you have naturally. Skill is only developed by hours and hours and hours of beating on your craft.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

There are some musicians who are talented and see themselves as some kind of natural geniuses or something because of a certain amount of natural ability. But that is often rarely the case over the long term.

It was really amazing. I mean, he'd never mentioned that he played in the symphony, like serious violin playing, not fiddle playing. And he just blew us away.

Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.

Schoolwork came easy to me. I learned to play piano effortlessly. I was coasting.

Would you just strap some toe shoes on and dance 'Swan Lake?' No. Would you just put a violin in your hand and - ? No. I felt that way about acting, and I was taught to feel that way. I didn't come to it on my own.

I think some people just have an innate musical ability, and I'm lucky enough to be one of those people.

I was born with the gift.

I don't actually have a lot of discipline. I've worked hard at music. But I feel like you know, I felt like kind of natural at it. I always had a knack for it.

When I came to the United States, I appeared on the Ed Sullivan Show as a 13-year-old, and I played a Mendelssohn Concerto, and it sounded like a talented 13-year-old with a lot of promise. But it did not sound like a finished product.

Have you ever heard of a pianist who never had to practice - or of an architect who didn't bother to find out why buildings stand up?

I've always been talented, always been able to sing or remember a song after hearing it one time.

I cannot think that I am a good cricketer and just become one. For this, one needs skill.

I'm a player, or I'm a person who needs to practice a lot; otherwise, I don't play well.

Maybe I was just born with a little bit of vocals or natural talent, but I feel like I taught myself.

I'm a piano player and singer who can't play piano very well or sing very well. That isn't a recipe for success. I have to get better.

I love what I do, and I never thought about doing anything else. I think my voice was bestowed upon me; it was a gift I was given. I just had to learn to understand how to use it.

Easy is not a option..No days off..Never Quit..Be Fearless..Talent you have Naturally..Skill is only developed by hours and hours of Work

Talent is some one faculty unusually developed; genius commands all the faculties.

You can improve your talent, but your talent is a given, a mysterious constant. You must make it the best of its kind.

Don't think that you can just rely on natural talent because there are going to be times when you get a little tired and that's when your skills come into play to help you make look easy.

I think the people that are best at something, they don't think about it much. That's the whole key to being good at anything.

Talent is not sexually transmitted.