The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
ERIC CLAPTONOh 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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All I am certain of right now is that I don’t want to go anywhere, and that’s not bad for someone who always used to run.
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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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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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Yeah, it is, because it’s a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That’s what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.
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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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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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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
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