I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
ERIC CLAPTONI always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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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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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.
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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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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips.
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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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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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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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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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