And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
ERIC CLAPTON
The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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.
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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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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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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