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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 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

Beautiful Company Eligible Famous Music Myself Woman
When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
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Alive Blue Music Myself Original Position Recognition Start Tradition
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.
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Choice Enjoyment Leaving Loss Myself Place Security
When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
ERIC CLAPTON

Artificial Electric System Voice Yourself
I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
ERIC CLAPTON

Admire Fans Meet Myself Person
Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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Listening Love Myself Thinking
It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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Independent Inspirational Myself One Liner
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Addiction Boredom Guitar Kind Myself People Sound
In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
ERIC CLAPTON

Death Drink Low Moments Myself Reason
I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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Crazy Goodness Gratitude Myself People Survive Time
There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
ERIC CLAPTON

Desire Expression Head Myself
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Better League Music Theory Time
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
ERIC CLAPTON

Alone Life Myself Peace Quiet Solitude
If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
ERIC CLAPTON

Guitar Hands Place Yourself
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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Confusion Fear Healing Learning Listening Music Myself
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

Grave Head Heart Love Myself Path Save

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.

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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.

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