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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)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening. View quote
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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. View quote
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'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. View quote
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I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one. View quote
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I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. View quote
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When you're onstage with an electric band going through a massive P.A. system, it's very artificial. You can't really hear your own voice as it comes out of your mouth. View quote
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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically. View quote
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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)
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. View quote
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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. View quote
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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. View quote
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You were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you've got thousands of chicks there. View quote
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The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band. View quote
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To sing in a lower key is harder work. You have to use your diaphragm more. View quote
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Did you plan your leads, or, for that matter, do you plan them now? No. 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. View quote
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It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices. As a kid, I didn't like pip-squeaked singers. View quote
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I never met Johnny Rotten, and I didn't want to meet Johnny Rotten. View quote
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The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was only 13, and I talked my grandparents into buying it for me. I tried and tried and tried, but got nowhere with it. (Eric Clapton)
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. View quote
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Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. View quote
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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. View quote
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It was a mystery to me, how the tuning was, or the style seemed to come out of nowhere, it obviously had roots in America going way back, there was nothing like it for me I'd ever seen before. View quote
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