It’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
ERIC CLAPTONThe toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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When I look for what I’m going to listen to I go backwards. I’m always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out ‘how do I get in the fast lane going that way?’. I’m going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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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 don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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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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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
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I couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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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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