Music became a healer for me.
ERIC CLAPTONMusic became a healer for me.
ERIC CLAPTONBut I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not.
ERIC CLAPTONIt’s been up to me to inspire me.
ERIC CLAPTONThey looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn’t seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible.
ERIC CLAPTONMusic became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all fear and confusion.
ERIC CLAPTONI’d love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
ERIC CLAPTONIt’s very dependent on your state of mind. And your emotional state as well. And a lot of it comes pouring out, you don’t really have that much control with it.
ERIC CLAPTONTime can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
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 CLAPTONThere are people these days who can do things on the guitar which are beyond my reach. There’s one guy who plays with Queen who can do things I would dream of doing. I sincerely mean that.
ERIC CLAPTONI can’t play long solos anymore without boring myself.
ERIC CLAPTONI wish I could write easily. I’m one of those guys who’s visited by the muse when things are dire.
ERIC CLAPTONUp until I became a father, it was all about self-obsession. But then I learned exactly what it’s all about: the delight of being a servant.
ERIC CLAPTONWell, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
ERIC CLAPTONEvery time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it’s the last time.
ERIC CLAPTONI just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I’m up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.
ERIC CLAPTON