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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.

Eric Clapton

My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
ERIC CLAPTON

Drive Kind Music Myself Note Philosophy Play Right Sincere
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Delight Father Learning Myself Obsession
I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
ERIC CLAPTON

Beautiful Company Eligible Famous Music Myself Woman
I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
ERIC CLAPTON

Ego Inferior Myself Trauma
Lately I’ve been running on faith.
ERIC CLAPTON

Faith Myself Run
I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
ERIC CLAPTON

Feeling Goal Myself
The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
ERIC CLAPTON

Family Home Myself Point Possible
In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
ERIC CLAPTON

Death Drink Low Moments Myself Reason
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Day Dreams Myself People Sincere
So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
ERIC CLAPTON

Goodness Hollywood Myself Thinking
I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
ERIC CLAPTON

Audience Cold Evening Love Note Oneself
Music became a healer for me.
ERIC CLAPTON

Healing Music Myself
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 CLAPTON

Desperate Myself Note Planning Work
The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
ERIC CLAPTON

Identify Myself Water
It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
ERIC CLAPTON

Creation Ideas Myself Sex Sound Strange
I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
ERIC CLAPTON

Eyes Feeling Light Love Realization Yourself

If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.

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