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 CLAPTONLately I’ve been running on faith.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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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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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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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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When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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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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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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Music became a healer for me.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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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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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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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.
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