My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
ERIC CLAPTON
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
-
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
ERIC CLAPTON -
In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Music became a healer for me.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
ERIC CLAPTON -
It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
ERIC CLAPTON -
One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
ERIC CLAPTON