I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
ERIC CLAPTONI 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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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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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
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It’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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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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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 don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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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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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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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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