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I'm a big fan of songs like Joe Cocker's 'You Are So Beautiful' and Eric Clapton's 'Wonderful Tonight' - songs that go straight to the point.
— Bruno Mars
First concert I ever went to was a group called The Yardbirds. Eric Clapton is the lead guitarist.
— Ron Barber
I can never make up my mind if I'm happy being a flute player, or if I wish I were Eric Clapton.
— Ian Anderson
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 than most of us
— B.B. King
Plant your love and let it grow.
— Eric Clapton
I decided early on that I wanted to be Michael Bloomfield, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton - not George Harrison.
— Todd Rundgren
I know there will be no more tears in heaven.
— Eric Clapton
Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.
— Eric Clapton
The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.
— Eric Clapton
Early in my childhood, when I was about six or seven, I began to get the feeling that there was something different about me.
— Eric Clapton
'My Father's Eyes' is very personal. I realized that the closest I ever came to looking in my father's eyes was when I looked into my son's eyes.
— 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 to run.
— Eric Clapton
My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.
— Eric Clapton
I can't play long solos anymore without boring myself.
— Eric Clapton
I am and always will be a blues guitarist
— Eric Clapton
In playing, I suppose my greatest gift was to express the way I felt or the willingness to express myself.
— Eric Clapton
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
— Eric Clapton
Let it grow, let it grow,
Let it blossom let it flow.
In the sun, the rain, the snow,
Love is lovely, let it grow. — Eric Clapton
Let it blossom let it flow.
In the sun, the rain, the snow,
Love is lovely, let it grow. — Eric Clapton
If I could do something with Paul McCartney it would be just amazing. Or Eric Clapton.
— Jake Shimabukuro
And I don't like having my picture taken. I'm almost like an old African in that sense. I think it steals a bit of the soul.
— Eric Clapton
An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
— Eric Clapton
I admire Eddie Van Halen and Steve Lukather, but they might blow me away quite easily if we were to jam together.
— Eric Clapton
So there I was in Hollywood, thinking I was doing good.
— Eric Clapton
I thought, 'My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.'
— Eric Clapton
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
— Eric Clapton
Time can bring you down, time can bend your knees.
— Eric Clapton
All along this path I tread, my heart betrays my weary head, with nothing but my love to save, from the cradle to the grave ...
— Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton is my dream guitarist.
— Carole King
It's been up to me to inspire me.
— Eric Clapton
It is painful to relive things that have caused emotional crises or whatever and find ways to express that musically.
— Eric Clapton
I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
— Eric Clapton
Give me a guitar and I'll play; give me a stage and I'll perform; give me an auditorium and I'll fill it.
— Eric Clapton
And if I don't be there by morning, she'll know that I must've spent the night in jail.
— Eric Clapton
I went to London and performed in Eric Clapton's concert at the Royal Albert Hall. I'll work with him any time he asks me.
— Carole King
I was very influenced by Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix, both of whom I had the pleasure of playing with and becoming friends with.
— Mick Taylor
I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.
— Eric Clapton
But 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 Clapton
I wish I could write easily. I'm one of those guys who's visited by the muse when things are dire.
— Eric Clapton
Up 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 Clapton
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.
— Eric Clapton
In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink any more if I was dead.
— Eric Clapton
Lately I've been running on faith.
— Eric Clapton
Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
— Eric Clapton
Having lovers and friends is all good and fine But I don't like yours and you don't like mine.
— Eric Clapton
I know he played on the last record but I don't wake up in the middle of the night thinking of Eric Clapton.
— Jack Bruce
The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life.
— Eric Clapton
Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
— Eric Clapton
Music became a healer for me.
— Eric Clapton
Music will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached.
— Eric Clapton
No one's better than me. I'm not better than anyone. Whether it's Eric Clapton or BB King we look straight at each other. And that keeps it real.
— Carlos Santana
But the guitar, when you think about it, is the most versatile, really. I mean you can pick it up and take it with you wherever you go.
— Eric Clapton
I feel wonderful because I see the love light in your eyes, and the wonder of it all is you just don't realize how much I love you.
— Eric Clapton