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

Eric Clapton

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Eric Clapton
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 30
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I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened to everything I could that came from that place that they call the blues but, in formality, isn't necessarily the blues.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
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The Yardbirds came in to the Crawdaddy Club a week after the Stones finished their Sunday night residency. They had done it for almost a year, I think, and then we did it for a year. It was better when they were playing there because when they went they took half the crowd with them and it took us quite a while to build up our own following.
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The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.
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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.
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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.
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I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, 'This is fantastic.'
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I'm discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it's a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.
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I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
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Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.
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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there.
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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, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this man's example would be my life's work.
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I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.
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Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
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