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 CLAPTONLoose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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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 thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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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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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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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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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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