Eric Clapton Quotes
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.
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I'm an optimist about other people. I'm not an optimist about myself.
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Remain calm, serene, always in command of yourself. You will then find out how easy it is to get along.
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People asked, 'So what are you - a multimillionaire?' I like to say, 'A billionaire wanna-be.'
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I was never the pretty girl at school. I'm tiny and mixed-race. I grew up in a white area. I was always the loner.
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One thing a lot of people don't know about Fun. was that the three of us all came from 10 years of touring with our own projects. That's how we met, actually.
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You can stroke people with words.
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I want to be different and have a good story. If it's a good story, then everybody is trying to tell it, everybody is better for it, and it's just more fun.
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Being a musician, it's my job to be real and be true to whoever I am. Hopefully that will inspire other people. I hope it inspires people to be themselves and be comfortable in your own skin.
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I did model for a little while part-time, but I wasn't a bloody model, and I am definitely not that horrible thing 'model-turned-actress.'
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I always wanted to be a leading man!
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Three of my tattoos can be considered spiritual or faithful.
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There are moments to indulge and enjoy, but I always know when it's time to go home and wash my knickers.
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Then this will only prove again and again, that Monarchy in Germany is he longer capable of a national act.
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I lost my confidence.
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I wanted passionately to be a priest.
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My passion was reading newspapers - and I became curious, in particular, about Islam and the Arab world.
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What Einstein was able to do was - to use a cliche - think out of the box.
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I always had acting work when I needed it. I think that is why, when I watch films or TV series in America, I find in small roles or in supporting roles really amazing faces, where I have the feeling these people have actually had a life outside of acting. I find it almost a pity that I've never done anything else.
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When we're recording, I always dress up.
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With 'SNL,' it's such an iconic institution. Throughout my 20s or maybe even in middle school or high school, it never felt like a real thing. It felt so distant, and I never imagined I could do that.
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California ... is the place that sets the trends and establishes the values for the rest of the country; like a slow ooze, California culture spreads eastward across the land.
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By forgetting the past and by throwing myself into other interests, I forget to worry.
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If ever I want to amuse myself with an idiot, I have not far to look for one. I laugh at myself.
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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.
