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.
ERIC CLAPTONThe toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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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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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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.
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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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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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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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They 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.
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn’t fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn’t find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.
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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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It’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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