I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
ERIC CLAPTONThey found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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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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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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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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 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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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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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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