If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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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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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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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 like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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