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.
ERIC CLAPTONLeave 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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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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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 never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
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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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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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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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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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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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