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.
ERIC CLAPTONI got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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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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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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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 survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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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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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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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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Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
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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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I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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