I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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 got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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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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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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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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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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