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.
ERIC CLAPTONI 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
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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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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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 can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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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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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 thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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