Eric Clapton Quotes - Page 3

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• Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

  Eric Clapton

  Boys, Men, Skins

  Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway

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• Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.

  Eric Clapton

  Crazy

  Song: Hugry

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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.

  Eric Clapton

  Forgiving, Body, Painful

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• 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 Clapton

  Photography, Taken, Thinking

  "What I've Learned: Eric Clapton" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 6, 2014.

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• [Unplugged] was also the cheapest to produce and required the least amount of preparation and work. But if you want to know what it actually cost me, go to Ripley and visit the grave of my son.

  Eric Clapton

  Son, Preparation, Cost

  Eric Clapton (2010). “Eric Clapton: The Autobiography”, p.278, Random House

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• Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.

  Eric Clapton

  Thinking, Listening, Wells

  "Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. October 12, 2007.

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• My definition of Blues is that it's a musical form which is very disciplined and structured coupled with a state of mind, and you can have either of those things but it's the two together that make it what it is. And you need to be a student for one, and a human being for the other, but those things alone don't do it.

  Eric Clapton

  Two, Musical, Mind

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• If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.

  Eric Clapton

  Guitar, Hands, Play

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• When I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow.

  Eric Clapton

  Music, Song, Real

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• 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

  Kids, Way, Responding

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• I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.

  Eric Clapton

  Way

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• Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don't like yours and you don't like mine.

  Eric Clapton

  Lovers, Like You, Fine

  Song: Promises, Album: Backless, 1978

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• I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I've always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.

  Eric Clapton

  Play, People, Guy

  "Eric Clapton on other guitarists, Blind Faith, Cream and more". Interview with Greg Kot, www.heraldextra.com. August 4, 2007.

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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.

  Eric Clapton

  Running, Want, Used

  Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway

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• Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.

  Eric Clapton

  League, Levels, Knows

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• From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.

  Eric Clapton

  Music, School, Needs

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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.'

  Eric Clapton

  Funny, Inspiring, Leadership

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• I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

  Eric Clapton

  Music, Guitar, Water

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• There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.

  Eric Clapton

  Desire

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• My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.

  Eric Clapton

  Echoes, Guitar, Voice

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

  Eric Clapton

  Rotten, Want, Johnny Rotten

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• I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way - though it's quite strenuous on the fingertips.

  Eric Clapton

  Play, Way, Firsts

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• The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same - 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.

  Eric Clapton

  Growing Up, Different, Looks

  Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway

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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.

  Eric Clapton

  Thinking, Play, Trying

  "GP Flashback Eric Clapton". Interview with Fred Stuckey, www.guitarplayer.com. June 1970.

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• I know there will be no more tears in heaven.

  Eric Clapton

  Sadness, Heaven, Tears

  Song: Tears in Heaven, Album: Unplugged, 1992

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