When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
ERIC CLAPTONUp 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.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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One of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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All I am certain of right now is that I don’t want to go anywhere, and that’s not bad for someone who always used to run.
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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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If you hand me a guitar, I’ll play the blues. That’s the place I automatically go.
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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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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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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.
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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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And I don’t like having my picture taken. I’m almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
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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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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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I don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
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But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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