Eric Clapton
Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE, is an English rock and blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He is the only three-time inductee to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame: once as a solo artist and separately as a member of the Yardbirds and Cream. Clapton has been referred to as one of the most important and influential guitarists of all time. Clapton ranked second in Rolling Stone magazine's list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" and fourth in Gibson's...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionGuitarist
Date of Birth30 March 1945
CityRipley, England
... whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee ...
Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
There 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.
Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.
For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.
It's been up to me to inspire me.
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...
Every time you pick up your guitar to play, play as if it's the last time.
My selective memory of what drinking was like told me that standing at the bar in a pub, on a summer's evening with a long, tall glass of lager and lime was heaven, and I chose not to remember the nights on which I had sat with a bottle of vodka, a gram of coke and a shotgun, contemplating suicide.
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.
I know that when I was a full-blown, practicing alcoholic, everyone used to walk around me on eggshells,
I like her music. I think it's good. And well, I think she's pretty ... even though she's older than my mom and dad. And gosh, my dad is like 30.
You know, that's it, there's no turning back because what it's made of is so fine. It's like crystal, you know, it's like the purest crystal.