Eric Clapton Quotes

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• For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
• At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say,…
• Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.
• I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In…
• Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down
• I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not…
• Would you know my name If I saw you in heaven Will it be the same If I saw you in heaven I must be…
• 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…
• The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
• Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions…
• To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.
• The first one was quite cheap, but that was expensive for us. For my folks to buy on the Never Never. It was quite, you…
• Yeah, and I went straight into a fantasy world. Just stepped straight into the abyss. You know, I was gone and kids used to walk…
• Let's make the best of the situation Before I finally go insane. Please don't say we'll never find a way And tell me all my…
• If I could reach the stars, pull one down for you, shine it on my heart, so you could see the truth, then this love…
• And how do I choose and where do I draw the line Between truth and necessary pain? And how do I know and where do…
• I've got the god given talent or the god given opportunity better put, to let that out in a harmless way you know, and I…
• It was a mystery to me, how the tuning was, or the style seemed to come out of nowhere, it obviously had roots in America…
• Yeah, I wanted to know where they got it from, what it was all about, you know, and it seemed to strike something in me…

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