One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

ERIC CLAPTON

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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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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.

ERIC CLAPTON

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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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.

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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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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.

ERIC CLAPTON

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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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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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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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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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.

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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.

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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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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.

ERIC CLAPTON

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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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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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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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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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 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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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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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.

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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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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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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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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.

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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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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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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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