I 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 CLAPTONThey looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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I 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.’
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I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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It’s taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man’s voice. Because I only liked old men’s voices. As a kid, I didn’t like pip-squeaked singers.
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The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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