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.
ERIC CLAPTON
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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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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 tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.
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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 can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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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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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
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Give me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
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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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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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