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 -… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
My identity shifted when I got into # recovery . That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I did play a lot of fingerstyle when I first started playing. I could never really find the right combination of flatpick or fingerpick,… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I listened to King Oliver and I listened to Louis Armstrong, Jelly Roll Morton, Thelonious Monk, Charles Mingus, John Coltrane, Archie Shepp... I listened… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Yeah, I wanted to know where they got it from, what it was all about, you know, and it seemed to strike something in… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The Yardbirds came in to the Crawdaddy Club a week after the Stones finished their Sunday night residency. They had done it for almost… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
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… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Let's make the best of the situation Before I finally go insane. Please don't say we'll never find a way And tell me all… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The first one was quite cheap, but that was expensive for us. For my folks to buy on the Never Never. It was quite,… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
It's taken me to be an older guy, an old man, to have an old man's voice. Because I only liked old men's voices.… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
