Bigs Quote by Dhani Harrison

Eric Clapton was such a great player. He sounds like he's Freddie King or someone like that. He plays the roots of blues and…

— Orianthi

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 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

As far as actual playing, Clapton - by far - is my biggest influence, and you can tuck Jeff Beck underneath that.

— Joe Bonamassa

All the really good guitar players - Jimi Hendrix, Jimmy Page, or even Bert Jansch or John Martin - I love all those people.…

— James Vincent McMorrow

When I was 15, I got super into Eric Clapton. My father took notice of this and got me a guitar for Christmas.

— Elias

My early influences were the Shadows, who were an English instrumental band. They basically got me into playing and later on I got into…

— Tony Iommi

When I grew up, I had influences as diverse as Keith Richards, Pete Townshend, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix.

— Billy Squier

I think people who basically do one thing like Eric Clapton is great. But I've always enjoyed playing different kinds of music and playing…

— Jack Bruce

Jimi Hendrix is one of the main influences on why I wanted to play guitar. He really shook me. I think it was his…

— John 5

It was my love for the guitar that first got me into music and singing. Growing up, I was inspired by The Beatles and…

— Ed Sheeran

I love Eric Clapton.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu