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.
ERIC CLAPTONAn obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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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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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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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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I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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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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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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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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