I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
ERIC CLAPTONI feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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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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The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
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Although 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.
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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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 never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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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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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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I couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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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 just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
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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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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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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 thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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