The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
ERIC CLAPTONThe point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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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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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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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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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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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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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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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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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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