I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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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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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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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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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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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I mean, it didn’t matter to me that there were people, it didn’t matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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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.
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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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Music became a healer for me.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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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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