Blind Faith Quotes
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It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
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I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
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When I was in Nashville, Tennessee in 1970 with Derek and the Dominoes, I went into this shop and they had a rack of Strats and Teles - all going for $100.00 each. I bought a handfull and made Blackie out of the body from one, the neck from another, and so on
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So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
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I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to get out of the way. Singing was originally like a chore that I didn't really enjoy.
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The finer things I feel in me, the golden dance life could be.
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Where's that higher love I keep thinking of?
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This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I'm discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it's a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
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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.
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The living together is very important in a way. It's important for writing. It wouldn't be important if we were like just getting other people's numbers together, we'd just have to meet at rehearsals, but writing is something almost completely different.
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I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
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The good thing about playing with other musicians is that it's much easier to make the translation to playing live. It's much more difficult if you're trying to take something you've overdubbed alone on stage. But again, there are some benefits.
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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.
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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.
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Punk [rock] seemed like rock 'n' roll music utterly without the music.
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In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
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One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
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Loose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
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Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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Look inside your heart, I'll look inside mine.
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If you hold me, I will let you into my dreams.
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The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
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All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave.
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I grew up playing in clubs - that's my spiritual stomping ground.