Plant your love and let it grow.
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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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn’t really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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