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.
ERIC CLAPTONIt’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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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Music became a healer for me.
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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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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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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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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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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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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
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