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.
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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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I’d rather lie around. No contest.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
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And if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
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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’m an egomaniac with an inferiority complex.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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It’s been up to me to inspire me.
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Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn’t a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that’ll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
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Plant your love and let it grow.
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I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
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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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