Richard John Thompson Quotes

• You want the audience to be uncomfortable.

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• When you stand up acoustic in front of an audience, you really are a man without any clothes on. And that can be fun – it depends how much of an exhibitionist you are, I suppose. I quite enjoy it.

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• What I wanted to hear didn’t exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

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• Well, first of all it’s entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we’re great artists.

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• To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

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• There’s a part of me that wishes I’d never said one single solitary word on any subject publicly. Then I could have been the tortured poet, and there’s so much mileage in that. But it’s too late to stop now.

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

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• The best thing you’ve got going for you is individuality.

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• People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.

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• It’s fun to sing sad songs. And it’s fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

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• It’s amazing what some people read into songs.

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• I’m glad there are a lot of guitar players pursuing technique as diligently as they possibly can, because it leaves this whole other area open to people like me.

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• I’m always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

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• I want people to come to my music without prejudice. I want them to get the music first. And who I am isn’t that important. If they like the songs to me that’s a good thing.

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• I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action.

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• I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they’re labeled.

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• I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don’t have anything to do.

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• I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

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• I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.

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• I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

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Richard John Thompson (25)

Birth:	3rd April, 1949
Nationality:	British
Profession:	Musician, Singer

About

Richard John Thompson OBE is a British songwriter, guitarist and recording and performing musician. Highly regarded for his guitar techniques and strange, darkly-funny lyrics, Thompson was awarded the Orville H. Gibson award for best acoustic guitar player in 1991.

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