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.
ERIC CLAPTONVery much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn’t fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn’t find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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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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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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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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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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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.
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