Richard Thompson
Richard Thompson
Guitarist, songwriter, and performer who played with the British folk-rock group Fairport Convention.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth3 April 1949
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It's hard to tell where one tour ends and the next begins. I'm generally touring most of any year. I'm just generally out there doing it.
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It's an honor to have this job and, to me, the greatest thing is to be up on stage and to feel that connection with an audience.
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We'd get them back up, and the trash trucks picking up all the debris, would knock them back down.
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We were attempting to restore the culture of Britain for the British, ... But the English, in particular, aren't comfortable with their own culture. To be taken seriously, it has to come from somewhere else. So we remained a cult band.
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A point each was probably a fair result, although I think we just edged it. Their goalkeeper played particularly well with three or four excellent saves.
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This issue is bubbling under the surface all over the country, but the Dover board had the courage of their convictions.
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I think we stand a good chance of making some genuine progress. There's a range of things I think can be done.