I mean, it didn’t matter to me that there were people, it didn’t matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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
-
-
Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
ERIC CLAPTON -
And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
ERIC CLAPTON -
You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Music became a healer for me.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
ERIC CLAPTON -
But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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 CLAPTON -
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 -
I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
ERIC CLAPTON -
There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
ERIC CLAPTON -
When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it’s a pretty honorable position to be in.
ERIC CLAPTON