The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
ERIC CLAPTONSo there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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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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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn’t really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it.
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I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips.
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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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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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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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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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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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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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