The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
ERIC CLAPTONBut 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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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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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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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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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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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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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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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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