I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
ERIC CLAPTONThey found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
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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.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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.
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It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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Music became a healer for me.
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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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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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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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