Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
ERIC CLAPTONLoose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
ERIC CLAPTONTime can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
ERIC CLAPTONYou can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
ERIC CLAPTONI always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
ERIC CLAPTONI feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.
ERIC CLAPTONI couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
ERIC CLAPTONThe blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
ERIC CLAPTONI remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
ERIC CLAPTONYou were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
ERIC CLAPTONIn playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
ERIC CLAPTONMusic will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
ERIC CLAPTONOne of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
ERIC CLAPTONIt’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
ERIC CLAPTONPlant your love and let it grow.
ERIC CLAPTONTo sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
ERIC CLAPTONBefore you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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