Clapton Quote by Ron Barber

I was the first guy to join the band with Hendrix.

— Noel Redding

I remember a festival we did in Denmark with the Clapton band where you suddenly realize it's an actual band - and you're on…

— Derek Trucks

My folks were country music performers. They made records and even did a few tours with the Grand Ole Opry. There always were a…

— Lenny Breau

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

— Elias

I heard Robert Johnson way before I heard about Eric Clapton.

— Dion DiMucci

The very first concert I ever went to on my own was actually Rory Gallagher. In a one-month period in 1973 or '74, I…

— Robert Smith

I started out as a guitarist in the early '80s.

— Johnny Depp

The first concert I ever saw was Roy Orbison.

— Daniel A. D'Aniello

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

— Jeff Gutt

I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison.

— Todd Rundgren

I love Eric Clapton.

— Alejandro Gonzalez Inarritu

There were some older guitarists on my side of town, and I got to know many of them

— Tommy Shaw