I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
ERIC CLAPTONI couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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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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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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I mean, it didn’t matter to me that there were people, it didn’t matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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Give me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
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