Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
ERIC CLAPTON
There 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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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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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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The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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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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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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But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
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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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When I look for what I’m going to listen to I go backwards. I’m always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out ‘how do I get in the fast lane going that way?’. I’m going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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