Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
ERIC CLAPTONI 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.
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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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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Music became a healer for me.
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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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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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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.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
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