I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
ERIC CLAPTONOh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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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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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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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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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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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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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 often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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