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.
ERIC CLAPTON- I 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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I 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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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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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
ERIC CLAPTONThey found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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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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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
ERIC CLAPTONI’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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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.
ERIC CLAPTONYou 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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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
ERIC CLAPTONIf you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
ERIC CLAPTONI think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
ERIC CLAPTONLately I’ve been running on faith.
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
ERIC CLAPTONI never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
ERIC CLAPTONI feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
ERIC CLAPTONSo there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
ERIC CLAPTONWould you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
ERIC CLAPTONRisk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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