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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.

Eric Clapton

The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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Identify Myself Water
I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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Enjoyment Myself Oneself Sing
I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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Believe Fortunate Myself Thinking
The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
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Body Case Forgiveness Hope Myself Pain Pessimist
I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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Audience Cold Evening Love Note Oneself
Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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Guitar Instrument Music Pick Play Time Yourself
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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Guitar Thinking Versatile Yourself
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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Artificial Electric System Voice Yourself
Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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Himself Man Music Old Skills Skin
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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Accomplishment Choice Competition Lying Myself
It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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Independent Inspirational Myself One Liner
I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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Guitar Identity Music Myself Personality
Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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God Help Music Need Power Present Suffering Survive
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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Eyes Father Myself Personal Realization
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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Confusion Fear Healing Learning Listening Music Myself
The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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Different Music Myself Rough Scene

There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.

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