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
lying writing home
Sitting around home I mostly play acoustic. I've got seven or eight guitars of various sorts, including a baritone. Sometimes at home, because a guitar is just lying around, that's the guitar I pick up rather than actually choosing something. I try to plan ahead for my laziness by leaving interesting things scattered about. If I leave a baritone guitar lying around, that's the one I'll pick up, and I'll start writing baritoney things.
song writing sitting-down
I just like to entertain myself by sitting down and writing songs.
song writing thinking
I think you can refine what you do, and become more consistent. And you write better songs that have a better shape and a better feeling. You evolve into and out of things, and go through stages, but, ultimately, you do improve.
song writing experience
As the writer, you're always a presence in the song. If you get close to what human beings are like, you're writing about common experience. We all do much the same things, so if you nail somebody, then you've also nailed yourself.
song writing thinking
I think it's absolutely possible to write a song and go somewhere where no one's been before, uncharted territory. In terms of content, I see limitations where there should be none. I know there are things I wouldn't write about, but that shouldn't be the case. You should be able to make a song out of anything, out of any situation.
broad discussed happened solution totally
Everyone agrees what has happened is totally wrong. But the solution is way too broad for what has been discussed here.
marked nice piles rock supposed
They've got it marked where the rock piles are, where you're not supposed to get in with a boat. Otherwise, it's a real nice place to come.
admitted book good miller receiving religious royalties school sold statement states united
It was a good day for the school board, ... Miller admitted it was a religious or philosophical statement and that book is still being sold in the United States and he is receiving royalties from it.
art favorite subject
Art was my favorite subject at school, and to me the Who were like an art project.
left percent signs street
At this point, we probably have 70 percent of our regulatory signs back up, and probably 30 percent left to do. Our street markers are way down - we've only done about 50 percent.
hits
The metaphoric implications are irresistible. If you look at the symbols, this hits you right in the face.
discovery might problem saying understand
They can't understand what you're doing and why you're saying what you're saying, and that might be the problem with the Discovery Institute.
cat cats input sure
We got a lot of input from all of our cat friends, ... We wanted to be sure that tabby cats and Persians got all of their demographics in.
advocate design taught teaching
Compromises have been made -- this is not being taught in class. We don't advocate teaching intelligent design at this point.