Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise. Richard Thompson Read Quote
What I wanted to hear didn’t exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it. Richard Thompson Read Quote
I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action. Richard Thompson Read Quote
But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. That’s a kind of salvation right there. Richard Thompson Read Quote
I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands. Richard Thompson Read Quote
I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they’re labeled. Richard Thompson Read Quote
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. Richard Thompson Read Quote
