#t

Not bad in short, though the last one [understanding the language of animals], isn't half as useful as you might expect, since when all's said and done the language of the beasts tends to revolve around: a) the endless hunt for food, b) finding a warm bush to sleep in the evening, and c) the sporadic satisfication of certain glands. (Many would argue that the language of human kind boils down to this too) ↗

— Jonathan Stroud

#humor #food

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. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#discovering #doing #i #i can #know

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#because #character #discovery #draw #feel

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

But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#go #guitar #i #mean #most

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 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. ↗

— Eric Clapton

#bachelor #beautiful #beautiful women #because #company

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

But when I go off stage I don't have a deck of cards with me all the time. ↗

— David Copperfield

#deck #go #i #me #off