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 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.

Eric Clapton

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.

ERIC CLAPTON

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
ERIC CLAPTON

Beautiful Company Department Man Weakness
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.

ERIC CLAPTON

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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Artificial Electric System Voice
I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.

ERIC CLAPTON

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
ERIC CLAPTON

Beautiful Company Eligible Famous Music Woman
Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.

ERIC CLAPTON

Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
ERIC CLAPTON

Fall Fall In Love Fools Love World
And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
ERIC CLAPTON

Morning Night Prison
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Culture Music Reason Remember
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.

ERIC CLAPTON

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
ERIC CLAPTON

Accomplishment Choice Competition Lying
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.

ERIC CLAPTON

My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
ERIC CLAPTON

Creation Guitar Human Intention Music Original Primary Voice
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

ERIC CLAPTON

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
ERIC CLAPTON

Feeling Music Nervous System
Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.

ERIC CLAPTON

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
ERIC CLAPTON

Blame See Sight
There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.

ERIC CLAPTON

There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
ERIC CLAPTON

Desire Expression Head
If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.

ERIC CLAPTON

If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
ERIC CLAPTON

Guitar Place
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.

ERIC CLAPTON

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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Age Guitar Hurt Play Try
It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.

ERIC CLAPTON

It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
ERIC CLAPTON

Creation Ideas Sex Sound Strange
I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.

ERIC CLAPTON

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
ERIC CLAPTON

Guitar Identity Music Personality
I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’

ERIC CLAPTON

I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
ERIC CLAPTON

God Thinking

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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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