All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
ERIC CLAPTONFor me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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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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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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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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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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