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Richard Thompson quotes: I try to make songs visual and tactile to kind of put you into the action.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: They came in the thousands from the whole human race to pay their respects at his last resting place.

They came in the thousands from the whole human race to pay their respects at his last resting place.

Richard Thompson quotes: The thing I do, really, is a communication with audiences more than any achievement through records.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: Life is just as deadly as it looks, but fiction is more forgiving.

Life is just as deadly as it looks, but fiction is more forgiving.

Richard Thompson quotes: Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back

Every day I'll wear your memory like a favorite shirt upon my back

Richard Thompson quotes: I try to look for the good in everybody, regardless of the way they're labeled.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: All audiences should be slightly off balance.

All audiences should be slightly off balance.

Richard Thompson quotes: You want the audience to be uncomfortable.

You want the audience to be uncomfortable.

Richard Thompson quotes: I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.

I like the idea of playing in unison with yourself.

Richard Thompson quotes: I'm a fool with a size one head/I'll change this heart of mine/This time, this time

I'm a fool with a size one head/
I'll change this heart of mine/
This time, this time

Richard Thompson quotes: I think the reason kids get into drugs and smoking is they don't have anything to do.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: To stand up on a stage alone with an acoustic guitar requires bravery bordering on heroism. Bordering on insanity.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.

I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.

Richard Thompson quotes: It's amazing what some people read into songs.

It's amazing what some people read into songs.

Richard Thompson quotes: There is in fact a controversy over Darwin's theory. Clearly both theories have religious implications. But this is not about God.

There is in fact a controversy over Darwin's theory. Clearly both theories have religious implications. But this is not about God.

Richard Thompson quotes: It's fun to sing sad songs. And it's fun to listen to sad songs. Enjoyable. Satisfying. Something.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

Amplifying acoustic instruments more than a little is really cheating, and everything becomes a compromise.

Richard Thompson quotes: Did the tea-time of your soulMake you long for wilder daysDid you never let Jack KerouacWash over you in waves?

Did the tea-time of your soul
Make you long for wilder days
Did you never let Jack Kerouac
Wash over you in waves?

Richard Thompson quotes: To see both sides of a quarrel, is to judge without hate or alarm

To see both sides of a quarrel, is to judge without hate or alarm

Richard Thompson quotes: The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

The best thing you've got going for you is individuality.

Richard Thompson quotes: 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.

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 quotes: There are only three white blues singers Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.

There are only three white blues singers
Geoff Muldaur is at least two of them.

Richard Thompson quotes: I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: I'm always making a conscious effort to be viable and accessible.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: I probably wrote three-quarters of the songs without an instrument in my hands.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists.

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

Richard Thompson quotes: What I wanted to hear didn't exist, so it was necessary for me to go out and create it.

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