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.
ERIC CLAPTONI’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.
ERIC CLAPTONFor me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
ERIC CLAPTONSo there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
ERIC CLAPTONLoose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
ERIC CLAPTONThey looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
ERIC CLAPTONThe 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.
ERIC CLAPTONGiven the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
ERIC CLAPTONI always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
ERIC CLAPTONIn playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
ERIC CLAPTONI got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
ERIC CLAPTONAll 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.
ERIC CLAPTONIf you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
ERIC CLAPTONI’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
ERIC CLAPTONAn obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
ERIC CLAPTONPlant your love and let it grow.
ERIC CLAPTONThey found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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