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Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it's all been based on the fact that I did it on my own or was doing, enjoying doing it on my own in the first place.
Eric Clapton
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Eric Clapton
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: March 30
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I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
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I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.
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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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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
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