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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.

Eric Clapton

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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Attachment Business Finding Music Ourselves Politics Religion Way
So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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Goodness Hollywood Myself Thinking
I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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Feeling Goal Myself
But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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Children Music Myself Respond Way
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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Market Music Myself Place Thinking Time
It’s taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man’s voice. Because I only liked old men’s voices. As a kid, I didn’t like pip-squeaked singers.
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Age Children Man Music Myself Old Voice
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.
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Auditorium Guitar Instrument Music Myself Performance Play
I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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Beautiful Company Department Man Myself Weakness
The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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Identify Myself Water
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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Direction Fast Listening Myself Old People Try
I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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Ground Growth Myself Play Spiritual
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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Beautiful Company Eligible Famous Music Myself Woman
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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Bad Certain Myself Right Run
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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Confusion Fear Healing Learning Listening Music Myself
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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Eyes Feeling Light Love Realization Yourself
For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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Music Myself Spirituality Trust Vehicle

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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