You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
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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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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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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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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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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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Plant your love and let it grow.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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