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.
ERIC CLAPTONMusic will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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They 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.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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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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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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Music became a healer for me.
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Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn’t fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn’t find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.
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