I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
ERIC CLAPTONIt’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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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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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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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 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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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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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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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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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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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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