I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
ERIC CLAPTONRisk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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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 thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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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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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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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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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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