The first band I identified with from Chicago was the Muddy Waters band. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I often enjoy singing in an acoustic setting more than an amplified one. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together. — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
Leave bands, go back to obscurity if I choose to, without a great sense of loss of security because it's all been… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically. — 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
I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the… — 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
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
When I was in Nashville, Tennessee in 1970 with Derek and the Dominoes, I went into this shop and they had a… — 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
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
The Yardbirds came in to the Crawdaddy Club a week after the Stones finished their Sunday night residency. They had done it… — 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...… — 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… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not… — 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
It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to… — Eric Clapton Copy Share Image
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten… — 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
One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made… — 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
