#on

There used to be this country called the Soviet Union; it's not there anymore. Our technology was better than theirs. ↗

— Tom Clancy

#better #called #country #our #soviet

You must rouse into people's consciousness their own prudence and strength, if you want to raise their character. ↗

— Luc de Clapiers

#consciousness #into #must #own #people

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#get #helped #i #inhibitions #just

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

#early #even #go #i #kids

Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. ↗

— James Thurber

#lead #lives #men #noisy #nowadays

From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#anything #beginning #could #else #explanation

I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#convince #did #difficult #finally #get

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. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#definition #establishing #everybody #everyone #family

It's very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don't really have that much control with it. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#control #dependent #emotional #lot #mind

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 it's a pretty honorable position to be in. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#blues #gone #guys #honorable #i