I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
ERIC CLAPTONUp until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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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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Music became a healer for me.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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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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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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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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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 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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