Best 102 quotes of Eric Clapton on MyQuotes

A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.

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.

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.

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

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

Before you accuse me, take a look at yourself.

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 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.

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

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

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.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

I feel a real need to observe a level of propriety in what I'm handing out. Instead of me just venting or spilling my guts, I've got to consider how it's going to affect people. How it's going to affect me, as well. Because it's like a cycle.

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 found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him.

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

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

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

I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not aligned with any recognized religion. For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. It cannot be manipulated, or politicized, and when it is, that becomes immediately obvious.

I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me away from church and community worship to the internal journey. Before my recovery began, I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter.

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.

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

I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.

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

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.

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.

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.

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.

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

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

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

I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated.

I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.

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

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.

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.

I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn't really love the song.

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

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

I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt so much to play. I mean, the fingertips hurt so much, I gave up.

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.'