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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
Eric Clapton
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Eric Clapton
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 30
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Eric Patrick Clapton
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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.
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.
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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 remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.
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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.
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