I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.
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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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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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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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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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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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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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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Leave 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.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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