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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.

Eric Clapton

Thinking, People, Roles

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[Unplugged] was also the cheapest to produce and required the least amount of preparation and work. But if you want to know what it actually cost me, go to Ripley and visit the grave of my son.

Eric Clapton

Son, Preparation, Cost

Eric Clapton (2010). “Eric Clapton: The Autobiography”, p.278, Random House

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the thing about pessimism is that in most cases it's nothing more than a front behind which a body can hide its most sweetful yet painful hopes. please forgive mine.

Eric Clapton

Forgiving, Body, Painful

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When I'm wrong it's never meant for you, so don't confuse my love with what I do.

Eric Clapton

Relationship

Song: We're All the Way, Album: Slowhand

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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.

Eric Clapton

Music, Song, Real

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My definition of Blues is that it's a musical form which is very disciplined and structured coupled with a state of mind, and you can have either of those things but it's the two together that make it what it is. And you need to be a student for one, and a human being for the other, but those things alone don't do it.

Eric Clapton

Two, Musical, Mind

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

Eric Clapton

Guitar, Hands, Play

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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

Father, Self, Parent

"What I've Learned: Eric Clapton" by Cal Fussman, www.esquire.com. October 6, 2014.

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

Eric Clapton

Way

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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

Running, Want, Used

Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway

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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

Kids, Way, Responding

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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.

Eric Clapton

League, Levels, Knows

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

Eric Clapton

Thinking, Listening, Wells

"Larry King Live", transcripts.cnn.com. October 12, 2007.

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From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.

Eric Clapton

Music, School, Needs

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I'm not a big fan of lead vocalists, people who sing but don't play. I never wanted to be in a band where the guy who was up front just sang. I've always thought it better when one of the musicians sings, like Steve Winwood.

Eric Clapton

Play, People, Guy

"Eric Clapton on other guitarists, Blind Faith, Cream and more". Interview with Greg Kot, www.heraldextra.com. August 4, 2007.

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It's been very important throughout my career that I've met all the guys I've copied, because at each stage they've said, 'Don't play like me, play like you.'

Eric Clapton

Funny, Inspiring, Leadership

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

Eric Clapton

Lovers, Like You, Fine

Song: Promises, Album: Backless, 1978

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

Eric Clapton

Music, Guitar, Water

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

Eric Clapton

Desire

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My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could be made to echo or simulate the human voice.

Eric Clapton

Echoes, Guitar, Voice

"Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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

Eric Clapton

Rotten, Want, Johnny Rotten

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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.

Eric Clapton

Thinking, Play, Trying

"GP Flashback Eric Clapton". Interview with Fred Stuckey, www.guitarplayer.com. June 1970.

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I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick, so playing fingerstyle is really the easiest way - though it's quite strenuous on the fingertips.

Eric Clapton

Play, Way, Firsts

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The music scene as I look at it today is a little different from when I was growing up. The percentages are roughly the same - 95 percent rubbish, 5 percent pure.

Eric Clapton

Growing Up, Different, Looks

Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway

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

Eric Clapton

Hero, Gun, Rejection

Song: Watch Out For Lucy, Album: Backless, 1978

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