The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
ERIC CLAPTONThere 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I mean, it didn’t matter to me that there were people, it didn’t matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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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’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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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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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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.
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Music became a healer for me.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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I 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.
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The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn’t really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it.
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It’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.
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But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
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