Clapton Quotes

32 Clapton quotes by 26 unique authors

I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton. — Ian Anderson
I suppose when I started playing guitar, it was the means to an end. I never thought of myself as a fully fledged guitar instrumentalist.… — Ian Anderson
I thought Eric Clapton was good. He still is. Not only is he good - he's rock's #1 guitarist, and he plays blues better than… — B B King
... once we played at the Fillmore opposite The Cream. Eric Clapton was there and he played his ass off that night ... backstage Michael… — Barry Goldberg
Duane Allman inspired the group to explore the extended jam format that was already a staple of the Allman Brothers act. Moreover, his ferocious slide… — Unknown Author
I first met Jimmy Page in London in 1961, and he was listening to James Burton, Scotty Moore and Cliff Gallup with Gene Vincent, as… — Albert Lee
The great British blues guitarists of the Sixties - people like Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page and Peter Green - could play like virtuosos,… — Joe Perry
Clapton asked my brother to play on his record. I thought that was the most wonderful thing in the world. — Gregg Allman
I love Sutton House in Clapton, a beautiful example of Tudor architecture. — Sharon Horgan
I’ve worked with such legendary guitar players as Allan Holdsworth, Ronnie Montrose, Eric Clapton, Lowell George and Steve Vai, but none of them come close… — Unknown Author
Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist. — Carole King
I kept listening, kept going to see people, kept sitting in with people, kept listening to records. If I wanted to learn somebody's stuff, like… — Stevie Ray Vaughan
When I met Eric Clapton, I was a very young girl. I was 20 years old. And we were linked for a very short time,… — Carla Bruni
I think guitar-wise, Eric Clapton was a big influence on me. I got to spend time around him. He's kind of strange, mysterious, serious and… — Dhani Harrison
My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into blues… — Tony Iommi
I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me. — Carole King
I think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar. — Eddie Van Halen
I grew up on a lot of early Beatles, DC5, Cream, Clapton, Page, Beck and Hendrix. — Eddie Van Halen
The one thing I do have is good ears. I don't mean perfect pitch, but ears for picking things up. I developed my ear through… — Eddie Van Halen
Eric Clapton always wanted to come out onstage with a stuffed parrot on his shoulder. — Neil Innes
I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go straight to the… — Bruno Mars
The Beatles had some juice when it came to distortion, but Clapton was finally able to break through those early studio engineers' fear of overloading.… — Joe Perry
I'm no spring chicken. The same arthritis that ate up my left hip that finally got replaced hasn't stopped there... And touring is a lot… — Steve Perry
No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that… — Carlos Santana
I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with. — Mick Taylor

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