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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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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 its a pretty honorable position to be in. – Eric Clapton

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Very much like that, and very much a loner, do you know and I didnt fit really into sport or all kind of group activities as a kid, I couldnt find a niche. And music was not really part of the kind of village curriculum it would, you know. – Eric Clapton

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Its been very important throughout my career that Ive met all the guys Ive copied, because at each stage theyve said, Dont play like me, play like you. – Eric Clapton

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Every experience is a paradox in that it means to be absolute, and yet is relative in that it somehow always goes beyond itself and yet never escapes itself. – T. S. Eliot

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