For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
ERIC CLAPTON
I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn’t want to meet Johnny Rotten.
More Eric Clapton Quotes
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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I’m just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn’t know where I was going, and I didn’t really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
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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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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.
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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing – something I couldn’t wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn’t really enjoy.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I’m gonna blow you both away.
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It’s taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man’s voice. Because I only liked old men’s voices. As a kid, I didn’t like pip-squeaked singers.
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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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When I look for what I’m going to listen to I go backwards. I’m always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out ‘how do I get in the fast lane going that way?’. I’m going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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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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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
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I’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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