When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
ERIC CLAPTONLoose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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Music became a healer for 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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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 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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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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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.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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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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I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.
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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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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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