Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
ERIC CLAPTONA 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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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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It’s taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man’s voice. Because I only liked old men’s voices. As a kid, I didn’t like pip-squeaked singers.
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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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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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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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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 know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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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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Yeah, it is, because it’s a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That’s what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.
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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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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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