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.
ERIC CLAPTONI saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Give me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
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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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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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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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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like 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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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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