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.
ERIC CLAPTONI 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
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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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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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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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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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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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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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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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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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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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I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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I 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.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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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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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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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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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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