The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
ERIC CLAPTONI’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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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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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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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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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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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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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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