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.
ERIC CLAPTONI never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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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.
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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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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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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it’s all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
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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.
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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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My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
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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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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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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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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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It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I’ve come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.
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Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down.
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
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