I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
ERIC CLAPTONAlthough 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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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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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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
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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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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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Music became a healer for me.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
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