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.
ERIC CLAPTON
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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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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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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 remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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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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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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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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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips.
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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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