So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
ERIC CLAPTONMy original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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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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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
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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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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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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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