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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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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Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
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When I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow.
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When I look for what I'm going to listen to I go backwards. I'm always going the other way you see. Most people are trying to figure out 'how do I get in the fast lane going that way?'. I'm going in the other direction. I wanna find the oldest thing to do.
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I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
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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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For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.
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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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I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that I could cross any kind of border to get on there.
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An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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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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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.
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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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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
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I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
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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 grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.
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Although they can do it all the time, you know, they're far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, they're out of my league.
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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 it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
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