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.
ERIC CLAPTONIf you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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