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.
ERIC CLAPTONI 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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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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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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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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Plant your love and let it grow.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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