When you’re onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it’s very artificial. You can’t really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth.
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More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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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.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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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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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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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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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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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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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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When I look for what I’m going to listen to I go backwards. I’m always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out ‘how do I get in the fast lane going that way?’. I’m going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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