Eric Clapton Quotes

22 quotes by 21 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
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
Iâ€™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… — Ted Templeman
Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist. — Carole King
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
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 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
I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at the other end… — Brad Paisley
I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison. — Todd Rundgren
First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist. — Ron Barber
Punk was sort of an angry stance against things that had happened just before, against the pop of glam rock, against progressive rock. Music had… — Gary Kemp
I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton. — Jack Bruce

Who Wrote These Eric Clapton Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 22 Eric Clapton Quotes as follows: