I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
ERIC CLAPTONI can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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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.
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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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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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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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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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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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I 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.
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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 grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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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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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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