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.
ERIC CLAPTONAlthough they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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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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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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All I am certain of right now is that I don’t want to go anywhere, and that’s not bad for someone who always used to run.
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But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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