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Eric Clapton quotes: For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.

For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music.

Eric Clapton quotes: I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.

Eric Clapton quotes: Plant your love and let it grow.

Plant your love and let it grow.

Eric Clapton quotes: I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.

I got a problem, can you relate? I got a woman calling love hate.

Eric Clapton quotes: I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.

Eric Clapton quotes: One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.

Eric Clapton quotes: They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.

They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.

Eric Clapton quotes: I know there will be no more tears in heaven.

I know there will be no more tears in heaven.

Eric Clapton quotes: To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.

To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more.

Eric Clapton quotes: The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.

Eric Clapton quotes: Early in my childhood, when I was about six or seven, I began to get the feeling that there was something different about me.

Early in my childhood, when I was about six or seven, I began to get the feeling that there was something different about me.

Eric Clapton quotes: I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

Eric Clapton quotes: 'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.

'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.

Eric Clapton quotes: All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.

All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.

Eric Clapton quotes: 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.

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.

Eric Clapton quotes: Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.

Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.

Eric Clapton quotes: I can't play long solos anymore without boring myself.

I can't play long solos anymore without boring myself.

Eric Clapton quotes: In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.

In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.

Eric Clapton quotes: For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

Eric Clapton quotes: Let it grow, let it grow, Let it blossom let it flow. In the sun, the rain, the snow, Love is lovely, let it grow.

Let it grow, let it grow,
Let it blossom let it flow.
In the sun, the rain, the snow,
Love is lovely, let it grow.

Eric Clapton quotes: It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.

Eric Clapton quotes: The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.

Eric Clapton quotes: Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

Eric Clapton quotes: Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

Eric Clapton quotes: It's been up to me to inspire me.

It's been up to me to inspire me.

Eric Clapton quotes: Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.

Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.

Eric Clapton quotes: I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.

Eric Clapton quotes: All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave ...

All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave ...

Eric Clapton quotes: Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.

Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.

Eric Clapton quotes: There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.

There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.

Eric Clapton quotes: I thought, 'My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.'

I thought, 'My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.'

Eric Clapton quotes: So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.

So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.

Eric Clapton quotes: I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.

I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.

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

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

Eric Clapton quotes: An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

Eric Clapton quotes: Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down

Like a fool, I fell in love with you, Turned my whole world upside down

Eric Clapton quotes: 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.

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.

Eric Clapton quotes: Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.

Eric Clapton quotes: And if I don't be there by morning, she'll know that I must've spent the night in jail.

And if I don't be there by morning, she'll know that I must've spent the night in jail.

Eric Clapton quotes: Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.

Eric Clapton quotes: Lately I've been running on faith.

Lately I've been running on faith.

Eric Clapton quotes: I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.

I always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.

Eric Clapton quotes: In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink any more if I was dead.

In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink any more if I was dead.

Eric Clapton quotes: I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.

I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.

Eric Clapton quotes: Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.

Eric Clapton quotes: Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant.

Up until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it's all about: the delight of being a servant.

Eric Clapton quotes: Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.

Only ask and you will get what you are needing, the rest is up to you.

Eric Clapton quotes: I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?

I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?

Eric Clapton quotes: But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.

But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.

Eric Clapton quotes: I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.

I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.

Eric Clapton quotes: You can't mastermind everything. You'll go crazy. Just show up and play.

You can't mastermind everything. You'll go crazy. Just show up and play.

Eric Clapton quotes: I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one.

Eric Clapton quotes: I am and always will be a blues guitarist

I am and always will be a blues guitarist

Eric Clapton quotes: If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.

If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go.

Eric Clapton quotes: I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.

Eric Clapton quotes: 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.

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.

Eric Clapton quotes: It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I've come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.

It sounds strange for me to be saying this, but I've come around to the idea that sex really is for procreation.

Eric Clapton quotes: I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten.

Eric Clapton quotes: I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.

I never set myself too high a goal. It was always tone and feeling, for me.

Eric Clapton quotes: The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.

The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.

Eric Clapton quotes: I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don't realize how much I love you.

I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don't realize how much I love you.

Eric Clapton quotes: But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.

Eric Clapton quotes: Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don't like yours and you don't like mine.

Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don't like yours and you don't like mine.

Eric Clapton quotes: Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.

Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.

Eric Clapton quotes: Music became a healer for me.

Music became a healer for me.

Eric Clapton quotes: I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department.

Eric Clapton quotes: The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.

The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band.

Eric Clapton quotes: Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.

Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.