Eye Quote by Eric Clapton

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

— Eric Clapton