Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
ERIC CLAPTONWell, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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 know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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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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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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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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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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It’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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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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My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
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