Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
ERIC CLAPTONEvery time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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 often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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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 never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, 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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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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Give me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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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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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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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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It’s taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man’s voice. Because I only liked old men’s voices. As a kid, I didn’t like pip-squeaked singers.
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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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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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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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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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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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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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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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