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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.
- Eric Clapton
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#Something
I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
- Eric Clapton
#Believe
#I Believe
#Know
#Luck
#Think
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.
- Eric Clapton
#Matter
#Me
#People
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#Sound
I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I'm just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
- Eric Clapton
#Crazy
#Good
#Grateful
#Music
#Time
Music became a healer for me.
- Eric Clapton
#Became
#Healer
#Me
#Music
'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
#Eyes
#Father
#Looking
#Personal
#Son
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
#Alive
#Blues
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#Responsibility
#Start
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
#Go
#Guitar
#Mean
#Up
#Wherever
One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
- Eric Clapton
#How
#Keep
#Learned
#Mouth
#Things
I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
- Eric Clapton
#Anywhere
#Else
#Half
#Nerves
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
- Eric Clapton
#Blues
#Life
#Me
#My Life
#Trials
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
#Business
#Family
#Looking
#People
#Way
An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
- Eric Clapton
#Leave
#Mind
#Obsession
#Something
#Will
Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
- Eric Clapton
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#Over
#Risk
#Something
#Trying
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.
- Eric Clapton
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#Experience
#Men
#Music
#Wisdom
Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.
- Eric Clapton
#Emotions
#Family
#Fear
#Me
#Music
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.
- Eric Clapton
#Beautiful
#Famous
#I Am
#Me
#Women
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. Mine, I suppose, is to know myself.
- Eric Clapton
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#Family
#Myself
#People
#Way
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
- Eric Clapton
#Life
#Like
#Quiet Life
#Quiet
#Solitude
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