Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
ERIC CLAPTONOur love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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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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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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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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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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