When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
ERIC CLAPTONI don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
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Yeah, it is, because it’s a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That’s what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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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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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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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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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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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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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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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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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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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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