In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
ERIC CLAPTONI just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.
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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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It’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
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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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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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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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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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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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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.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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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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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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