There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
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Musically, he was like an old man in a boy’s skin.
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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 can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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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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When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
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I thought, ‘My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.’
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They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
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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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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same – 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.
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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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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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