Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
There are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There's one guy who plays… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The first guitar I ever had was a gut-string Spanish guitar, and I couldn't really get the hang of it. I was… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
If you hand me a guitar, I'll play the blues. That's the place I automatically go. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
My original interests and intentions in guitar playing were primarily created on quality of tone, for instance, the way the instrument could… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I remember when I thought of singing as the bit that went between the guitar playing - something I couldn't wait to… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I tried when I was 13, when my grandparents gave me an acoustic guitar, and I tried for a year. It hurt… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I mean, the sound of an amplified guitar in a room full of people was so hypnotic and addictive to me, that… — 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
