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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.

Eric Clapton

They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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Diamond Heroes Ourselves Ring Weapon
Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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Control Help Power Risk Yourself
I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
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Feeling Goal Myself
Although they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
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Better League Music Theory Time
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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Best Hit Kind Myself People
Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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Attachment Business Finding Music Ourselves Politics Religion Way
To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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Hard Work Low Sing Yourself
I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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Believe Fortunate Myself Thinking
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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Blow Catch Day Man Walk Yourself
I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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Belief Heaven Hope Myself Tears
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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Grave Head Heart Love Myself Path Save
But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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Children Music Myself Respond Way
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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Enjoyment Guitar Myself Original Play Remember Thinking
Plant your love and let it grow.
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Growth Love One Liner Plant
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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Addiction Boredom Guitar Kind Myself People Sound
My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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Eyes Father Myself Personal Realization
This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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Assure Discover Happiness Moments Pain Time Yourself
Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
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Confusion Fear Healing Learning Listening Music Myself
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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Beautiful Company Eligible Famous Music Myself Woman
I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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Difficult Goodness Guitar Management Mom Myself Worth
Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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Fall In Love Fools Myself World
I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.
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Age Give Up Guitar Hurt Myself Play Try
I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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God Myself Thinking
When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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Artificial Electric System Voice Yourself
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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Culture Music Myself Reason Remember
I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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Ego Inferior Myself Trauma
I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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Admire Fans Meet Myself Person

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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