So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
ERIC CLAPTONI often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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It’s been very important throughout my career that I’ve met all the guys I’ve copied, because at each stage they’ve said, ‘Don’t play like me, play like you.’
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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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All I am certain of right now is that I don’t want to go anywhere, and that’s not bad for someone who always used to run.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
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Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didn’t fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldn’t find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know.
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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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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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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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