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.
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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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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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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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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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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
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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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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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