Yeah, it is, because it’s a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That’s what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.
ERIC CLAPTONI often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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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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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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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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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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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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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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