Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
ERIC CLAPTONThe first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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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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I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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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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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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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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I couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
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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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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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