To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
ERIC CLAPTONThe 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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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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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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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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 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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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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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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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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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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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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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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