They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
ERIC CLAPTONThe first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn’t really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Music became a healer for me.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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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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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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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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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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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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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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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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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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I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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