People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.

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• Richard Thompson:

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

• Richard Thompson:

  But music can save your life sometimes. It probably saved me from working in a bank or something. T

• Richard Thompson:

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

• Richard Thompson:

  All audiences should be slightly off balance.

• Richard Thompson:

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

• Richard Thompson:

  It's amazing what some people read into songs.

• Richard Thompson:

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

• Richard Thompson:

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

• Richard Thompson:

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

• Richard Thompson:

  I have to remind myself not to set boundaries.