So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
ERIC CLAPTONIt was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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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.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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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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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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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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 thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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