I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me – it resonated.
ERIC CLAPTONI never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
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Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?
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For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.
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Up 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.
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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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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.
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I don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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