They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
ERIC CLAPTONWhen all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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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.
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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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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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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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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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 never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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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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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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