You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
ERIC CLAPTONI can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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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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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone’s got their own definition.
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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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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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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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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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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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