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
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.
I just think I'm OK, ... The object of most of my work has been to raise it above my standard. And so, you know, I never think I'll be as good as the people I look up to.
It's very hard, so I try and make it as engaging as it can be. But you have to face the fact that, no matter how good it is, you can only hold their attention for a little while.
I wanted to make a studio album without quite knowing what it was going to be,
It's not a pretence. I will have to work to support the way we live.
It's been so long since I've been around something from somebody else that's inspired me. For the last 20 years, it's been up to me to inspire me.
It's a humbling thing, playing for your kids, because they're entertained for only so long. Then, they find something else they want to do,
For me, it's about the music. I'm just the messenger, and I hope to do it as long as I live.
Thanks for waiting all these years, ... We're going to play every song we know.
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.