It’s been up to me to inspire me.
ERIC CLAPTONIt’s been up to me to inspire me.
ERIC CLAPTONWhen I’m wrong it’s never meant for you, so don’t confuse my love with what I do.
ERIC CLAPTONIt was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.
ERIC CLAPTONYou can’t mastermind everything. You’ll go crazy. Just show up and play.
ERIC CLAPTONThe only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.
ERIC CLAPTONFor me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
ERIC CLAPTONLoose ladies on the road will drive you crazy, every no, becomes a maybe.
ERIC CLAPTONI couldn’t believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, ‘This is fantastic.’
ERIC CLAPTONI wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
ERIC CLAPTONSo there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
ERIC CLAPTONOne of the most beneficial things I’ve ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
ERIC CLAPTONAnd if I don’t be there by morning, she’ll know that I must’ve spent the night in jail.
ERIC CLAPTONI’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
ERIC CLAPTONI always respected that B.B. sees music in a very open, free way.
ERIC CLAPTONI don’t have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
ERIC CLAPTONYou were at school and you were pimply and no one wanted to know you. You get into a group and you’ve got thousands of chicks there.
ERIC CLAPTON