Eric Clapton Quotes

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• 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…
• I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
• Music became a healer for me.
• The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
• 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…
• I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that…
• I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a…
• I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
• There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.
• Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.
• An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
• I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in…
• I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
• Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
• One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
• 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…
• Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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…

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