Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
ERIC CLAPTONAll 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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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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Music became a healer for me.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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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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The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn’t really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it.
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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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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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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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Plant your love and let it grow.
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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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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.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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