I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
ERIC CLAPTONI got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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The blues are what I’ve turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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The thing about pessimism is that in most cases it’s nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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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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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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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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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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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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