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.
ERIC CLAPTONMusic will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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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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Plant your love and let it grow.
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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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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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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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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
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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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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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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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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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Oh 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.
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