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 CLAPTONMusic survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn’t fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn’t find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.
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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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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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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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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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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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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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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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