For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
ERIC CLAPTONWhen I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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Music became a healer for me.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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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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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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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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When I look for what I’m going to listen to I go backwards. I’m always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out ‘how do I get in the fast lane going that way?’. I’m going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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It 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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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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 often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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