Music became a healer for me.
ERIC CLAPTONA 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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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 grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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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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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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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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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 think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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