One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
ERIC CLAPTONOnly ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
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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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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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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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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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I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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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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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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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 know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
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