British - Musician | March 30, 1945 -
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
Eric Clapton
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The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition. Mine, I suppose, is to know myself.
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One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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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 like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
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Music became a healer for me.
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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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I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
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I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
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I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyone's got their own definition.
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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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