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.
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
-
-
Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don’t like yours and you don’t like mine.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
ERIC CLAPTON -
There’s a desire in me to express something – to match what I hear in my head.
ERIC CLAPTON -
When I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
ERIC CLAPTON -
All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
ERIC CLAPTON -
The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don’t want to be.
ERIC CLAPTON -
An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
It’s been up to me to inspire me.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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.
ERIC CLAPTON -
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 CLAPTON -
For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
ERIC CLAPTON -
But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
ERIC CLAPTON -
I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I grew up playing in clubs – that’s my spiritual stomping ground.
ERIC CLAPTON -
I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
ERIC CLAPTON