It’s been up to me to inspire me.
ERIC CLAPTONI know there will be no more tears in heaven.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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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.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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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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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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