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 CLAPTONThe 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
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I mean, it didn’t matter to me that there were people, it didn’t matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they’re far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they’re out of my league.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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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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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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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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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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.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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