This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
ERIC CLAPTONGive me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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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 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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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
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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.
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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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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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