Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
ERIC CLAPTONWhen all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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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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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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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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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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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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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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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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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 never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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