I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
ERIC CLAPTONI 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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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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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 did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips.
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