Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
ERIC CLAPTONI just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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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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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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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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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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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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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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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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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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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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