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.
ERIC CLAPTONI know there will be no more tears in heaven.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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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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I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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It’s taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man’s voice. Because I only liked old men’s voices. As a kid, I didn’t like pip-squeaked singers.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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But 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.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
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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 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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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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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 never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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