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 CLAPTONAll along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I’m discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it’s a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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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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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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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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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way – though it’s quite strenuous on the fingertips.
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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