The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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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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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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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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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Yeah, it is, because it’s a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That’s what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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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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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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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
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