I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
ERIC CLAPTONI don’t know if I believe in luck. I think I’m very fortunate.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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My Father’s Eyes’ is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father’s eyes was when I looked into my son’s eyes.
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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.’
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I’m not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don’t play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I’ve always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.
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I wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
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I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.
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I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn’t seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
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There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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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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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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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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