In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
ERIC CLAPTONIn 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
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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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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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Music became a healer for me.
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When I look for what I’m going to listen to I go backwards. I’m always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out ‘how do I get in the fast lane going that way?’. I’m going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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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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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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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 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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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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