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.
ERIC CLAPTONLoose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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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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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
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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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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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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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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.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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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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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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