Ritchie Blackmore Quotes

I've always been like, if society's trying to push me in one direction, I always rebel against it, thinking, 'Nope, I'm going to do the opposite, something that is not expected.'

If all the people do the same, I don't want to do it. I want to be on the other side.

I've never been one to just do what I'm told. I don't say that necessarily with pride, it's just something that has gotten me in trouble before.

If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.

Since I'm a contrarian, I don't want to go along with what everyone else thinks.

Me, I like to go against the grain.

I think I always had, like, a rebellious spirit. But it wasn't a rebellious spirit to do wrong. It was a rebellious spirit to do something different.

If that's what everybody else is doing, that is not what I'm going to do!

The minute I was told what to do at any age, I did the opposite. Hopefully I'll do that for the rest of my life.

I developed a resistance to authority. Not to discipline - I learned that. But to authority. I like to think for myself. And I like to cause trouble.

I've never been a yes man.

I'm not a sheep.

I mean, I tend to do my own thing, and that usually crosses purposes with everyone around me.

I don't live by a lot of society's rules; I can't pattern myself after the herd.

You have to know how to go against the trend of the times.

I don't want to follow the herd.

I would never wear anything because someone told me to.

There's a rebel lying deep in my soul.

I spent a lot of my career fighting coaches. When coaches told me don't shoot, I'd shoot anyway.

I've always been a bit of a rebel.

I am not a conformist.

I could never understand the herd mentality. I have always fought to do things my way and have stuck to that.

I'm not a very good yes man, and I'm not very easily controlled.

I existed before the mainstream. Why would I join them? I watched the mainstream come up, and now I'm watching it collapse. I don't want to be a part of that.

It was just, I was always contrarian. I was always, you know, 'We want to do this with you,' 'No, I want to do that.' In so many things, I wanted to do things my way.