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My performing and my singing ...

My performing and my singing leave much to be desired, but having other people record my songs is the most flattering thing that can happen.

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I've always enjoyed playing. ...

I've always enjoyed playing. If all it meant were to just stand there and play my axe and sing, I could have gone on forever.

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When they say, 'Well, you got...

When they say, 'Well, you gotta do some interviews on TV,' I went, 'Oh, I like to watch TV, but I don't wanna be on it.'

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I just play my guitar and pus...

I just play my guitar and push my songs and I'd like to keep it quiet.

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Sometimes I make up songs, an...

Sometimes I make up songs, and they're just strictly fiction. Other times, I draw on things that have happened in my life or friends, women, all sorts of things.

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I'd say writing songs is, for...

I'd say writing songs is, for me, as much playing the tape recorder as it is playing guitar or writing words.

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I wanted to be able to play m...

I wanted to be able to play music, and then when I went out in my private life, my personal life, I didn't want to be famous.

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Where I grew up in Tulsa, Okl...

Where I grew up in Tulsa, Oklahoma, it wasn't the south-east and it wasn't the deep south and it wasn't quite the south-west either.

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I'm always doing something th...

I'm always doing something that ain't happening, and I'm always happening when there ain't nothing going on.

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I rarely have any contact wit...

I rarely have any contact with the artists who cover my songs.

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You never know how people are...

You never know how people are going to find songs for their records. Sometimes people will hear songs on someone else's record and really like 'em.

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When I sit down and play the ...

When I sit down and play the guitar, I'm 20 years old again.

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I always wrote for musicians,...

I always wrote for musicians, especially guitarists. I write songs that people who aren't great virtuosos can play.

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You don't really need a lot o...

You don't really need a lot of hype and to be famous to sell songs.

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From the first album I'm play...

From the first album I'm playing bass on a lot of the tunes, and piano on a lot of 'em, and drums, and guitars. I did that on almost every album.

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There's a couple of songs of ...

There's a couple of songs of my own I wished I'd have never put out, that, you know, I'd like to burn. But with the advent of digital and computer, nothing goes away any more, you know.

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I tried to play anything peop...

I tried to play anything people would hire me to play, because I was a musician.

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Clapton was just picking up i...

Clapton was just picking up ideas. He picked up some of mine like I picked up some from the people before me.

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I didn't really get any succe...

I didn't really get any success till I was 30 years old. I played music when I was young fella, but I didn't really get any success till I was about 30 years old.

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People are familiar with my s...

People are familiar with my songs, especially through Eric Clapton. But I have a hard time drawing a crowd, because I have been a songwriter.

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