217 Quotes by Eric Clapton


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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.

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    Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.

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

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

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