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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.

Eric Clapton

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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Emotional Expression Finding Music Pain Reason relief Ways
They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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Diamond Heroes Ourselves Ring Weapon
An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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Leaving Mindset Obsession Yourself
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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Confusion Fear Healing Learning Listening Music Myself
So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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Goodness Hollywood Myself Thinking
Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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Control Help Power Risk Yourself
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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Auditorium Guitar Instrument Music Myself Performance Play
When I look for what I’m going to listen to I go backwards. I’m always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out ‘how do I get in the fast lane going that way?’. I’m going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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Direction Fast Listening Myself Old People Try
I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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Freedom Music Myself Open Respect
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.
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Creation Guitar Human Intention Interest Music Myself Original Primary Voice
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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Kingdom Love Ourselves Rule
There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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Desire Expression Head Myself
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.
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Alive Blue Music Myself Original Position Recognition Start Tradition
I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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God Myself Thinking
Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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Himself Man Music Old Skills Skin
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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Desperate Myself Note Planning Work

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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