I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, 'This is fantastic.' — 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
