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 CLAPTONI mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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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.
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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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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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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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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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Give me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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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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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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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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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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