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.
ERIC CLAPTONI think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn’t really love the song.
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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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 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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I’ve always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters’ early records – only louder
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
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Lately I’ve been running on faith.
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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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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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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn’t commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn’t be able to drink any more if I was dead.
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I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don’t realize how much I love you.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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You can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
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Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
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