Plant your love and let it grow.
ERIC CLAPTONIt’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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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
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When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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