The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
ERIC CLAPTON
I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
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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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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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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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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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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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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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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.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn’t really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it.
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