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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.

Eric Clapton

I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Myself Nerve Place
Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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Himself Man Music Old Skills Skin
The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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Celebrity Myself Polite Tough
An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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Leaving Mindset Obsession Yourself
This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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Assure Discover Happiness Moments Pain Time Yourself
I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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Enjoyment Myself Oneself Sing
For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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Music Myself Spirituality Trust Vehicle
I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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Early Myself Record Sound
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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Kingdom Love Ourselves Rule
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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Combination Easy Fingers Myself Play Start
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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Feeling Music Myself Nervous System
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.
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Addiction Boredom Guitar Kind Myself People Sound
But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
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Guitar Thinking Versatile Yourself
I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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Feeling Goal Myself
I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
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Culture Music Myself Reason Remember
There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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Desire Expression Head Myself

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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