My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
ERIC CLAPTONLoose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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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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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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I mean, it didn’t matter to me that there were people, it didn’t matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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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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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
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I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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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 thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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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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All I am certain of right now is that I don’t want to go anywhere, and that’s not bad for someone who always used to run.
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