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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.

Eric Clapton

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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Control Dependent Emotional Mindset State Yourself
It’s been up to me to inspire me.
ERIC CLAPTON

Independent Inspirational Myself One Liner
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Auditorium Guitar Instrument Music Myself Performance Play
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Best Hit Kind Myself People
They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
ERIC CLAPTON

Diamond Heroes Ourselves Ring Weapon
I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
ERIC CLAPTON

Blow Catch Day Man Walk Yourself
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
ERIC CLAPTON

Accomplishment Choice Competition Lying Myself
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Enjoyment Guitar Myself Original Play Remember Thinking
I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
ERIC CLAPTON

Belief Heaven Hope Myself Tears
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.’
ERIC CLAPTON

Copy Important Myself Play Stage Yourself
It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
ERIC CLAPTON

Creation Ideas Myself Sex Sound Strange
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Assure Discover Happiness Moments Pain Time Yourself
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
ERIC CLAPTON

Feeling Music Myself Nervous System
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.
ERIC CLAPTON

Drive Kind Music Myself Note Philosophy Play Right Sincere
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 CLAPTON

Character Discover Feeling Goodness Myself Reality
Lately I’ve been running on faith.
ERIC CLAPTON

Faith Myself Run

You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.

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