British Quote by Joe Perry

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

Jimi Hendrix came from the blues, like me. We understood each other right away because of that. He was a great blues guitarist.

— Miles Davis

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…

— B. B. King

...the blues appealed to me, but so did rock. The early rockabilly guitarists like Cliff Gallup and Scotty Moore were just as important to…

— Jimmy Page

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

— Billy Squier

I was into Jimi Hendrix, Robert Johnson, the blues.

— Jeff Gutt

Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck made me an Anglophile. I listened to English and Irish artists as a kid, and they were way louder,…

— Joe Bonamassa

I've always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.

— Eddie Money

Ive always loved the blues, John Lee Hooker, Janis Joplin, Hendrix.

— Eddie Money

I tended to lean towards the guys who both sang and played, such as Ricky Skaggs, Vince Gill, Steve Wariner... And at the other…

— Brad Paisley

Everyone wanted to play like Eric Clapton in the early to mid-'60s.

— Peter Frampton

Richard Lloyd of Television is one of my favorite guitarists. His mentor was Jimi Hendrix when he was just 14. Jimi was always pounding…

— Tina Weymouth