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Quote by Eric Clapton
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it

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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It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music. – Eric Clapton

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Although they can do it all the time, you know, theyre far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, theyre out of my league. – Eric Clapton

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From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didnt need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation. – Eric Clapton

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The experience of God, or in any case the possibility of experiencing God, is innate. – Alice Walker

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Yes, Ive listened to just a few audiobooks – but hope to listen to more. Ive wanted to investigate how my own books sound in this format and find the experience of listening, and not reading, quite fascinating. – Joyce Carol Oates

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It is very easy to make clear what you want a film to say, but I did not wish to engage in overt propaganda, even for the right cause. I wanted to create an experience through the films, something where people could have the freedom of their own response to them. – Godfrey Reggio

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Optimism with some experience behind it is much more energizing than plain old experience with a certain degree of cynicism. – Twyla Tharp

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