Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
ERIC CLAPTONBut 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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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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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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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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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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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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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.
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I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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