It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
ERIC CLAPTONI don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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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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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 can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
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The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
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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 couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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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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Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.
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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.
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Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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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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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.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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