When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
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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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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The 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.
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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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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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Give me a guitar and I’ll play; give me a stage and I’ll perform; give me an auditorium and I’ll fill it.
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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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I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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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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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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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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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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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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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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