I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
ERIC CLAPTONI’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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
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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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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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I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
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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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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
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