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 CLAPTONThere’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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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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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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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 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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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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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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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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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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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