The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
ERIC CLAPTONThere are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
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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.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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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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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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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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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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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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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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