I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
ERIC CLAPTONAn obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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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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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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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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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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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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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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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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