Give me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
ERIC CLAPTONVery much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn’t fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn’t find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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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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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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I 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.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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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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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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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 like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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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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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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