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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.

Eric Clapton

There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
ERIC CLAPTON

Day Dreams Myself People Sincere
I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
ERIC CLAPTON

Better Fans Leadership Musician Myself People Sing
I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
ERIC CLAPTON

Enjoyment Myself Oneself Sing
The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
ERIC CLAPTON

Celebrity Myself Polite Tough
Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
ERIC CLAPTON

Heaven Myself Name See Yourself
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
ERIC CLAPTON

Alone Life Myself Peace Quiet Solitude
In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
ERIC CLAPTON

Expression Feeling Gift Greatness Myself Play Way
One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
ERIC CLAPTON

Benefit Learning Mouth Myself Shut
They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
ERIC CLAPTON

Diamond Heroes Ourselves Ring Weapon
Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
ERIC CLAPTON

Attachment Business Finding Music Ourselves Politics Religion Way
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Control Dependent Emotional Mindset State Yourself
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 CLAPTON

Alive Blue Music Myself Original Position Recognition Start Tradition
An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
ERIC CLAPTON

Leaving Mindset Obsession Yourself
I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I’m handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I’ve got to consider how it’s going to affect people. How it’s going to affect me, as well. Because it’s like a cycle.
ERIC CLAPTON

Affect Cycle Feeling Hands Myself Observational People
Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
ERIC CLAPTON

Himself Man Music Old Skills Skin
Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
ERIC CLAPTON

God Help Music Need Power Present Suffering Survive

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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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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