I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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’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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It’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
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Music became a healer for me.
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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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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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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