Eric Clapton Quotes

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

  Eric Clapton

  Guitar, Play, Lasts

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• Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.

  Eric Clapton

  Confusion, Wipe, Found

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

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

  Eric Clapton

  Suffering, Needs, Helping

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

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

  Eric Clapton

  Mouths, Beneficial

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

  Eric Clapton

  Bullshit, Way

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

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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.

  Eric Clapton

  Music, Philosophy, Rock N Roll

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• It's been up to me to inspire me.

  Eric Clapton

  Inspire

  "Supergroup Cream rises again" by Gordon Isfeld, www.cnn.com. September 29, 2005.

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• Plant your love and let it grow.

  Eric Clapton

  Romantic, Plant, Grows

  Song: Let It Grow, Album: 461 Ocean Boulevard, 1974

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• Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.

  Eric Clapton

  Risk, Trying, Powerless

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• 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

  Heart, Path, Cradle

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• Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.

  Eric Clapton

  Song, Judging, Judgement

  Song: Before You Accuse Me, Album: Journeyman, 1989

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

  Eric Clapton

  Spirituality, Trustworthy, Old Soul

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

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

  Eric Clapton

  Crazy, Ignorance, Knowledge

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

  Eric Clapton

  Inspiration, Relief, Trials

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

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

  Eric Clapton

  Way, Felt, Greatest Gifts

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• 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

  Suicide, Drinking, Alcohol

  "Eric Clapton: The Autobiography". Book by Eric Clapton, October 9, 2007.

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• Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee.

  Eric Clapton

  Music, Helping Others, People

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• My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long, tall glass of lager and lime was heaven, and I chose not to remember the nights on which I had sat with a bottle of vodka, a gram of coke and a shotgun, contemplating suicide.

  Eric Clapton

  Summer, Suicide, Memories

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

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• When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.

  Eric Clapton

  Responsibility, Guy, Gone

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

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

  Eric Clapton

  Believe, Thinking, Luck

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

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

  Eric Clapton

  Home, My Family

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• 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

  Music, Philosophical, Feet

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

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

  Eric Clapton

  Crazy

  Song: Hugry

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• Lately I've been running on faith.

  Eric Clapton

  Running, Expression

  Song: Running On Faith, Album: Journeyman, 1989

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• Would you know my name, if I saw you in Heaven?

  Eric Clapton

  Names, Heaven, Unanswered Questions

  "Tears in Heaven" (song) (1992).

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