Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
ERIC CLAPTONOur love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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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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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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Music became a healer 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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Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
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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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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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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 think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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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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