I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
ERIC CLAPTONAll along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
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It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
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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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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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I mean, it didn’t matter to me that there were people, it didn’t matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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My 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.
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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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