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
I thought, 'My God, this is like Buddy Guy on acid.'
The point of being at home is to be with my family as much as possible.
I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and I'm just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didn't know where I was going, and I didn't really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.
I saw you walking with your other man today. If I catch you one more time, I'm gonna blow you both away.
Our love will rule in this kingdom we have made.
Music became a healer for me.
I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder
There's a desire in me to express something - to match what I hear in my head.
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.
They found our hero in the gutter with a diamond ring and a gun.
I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life.
... when I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow ...
My identity shifted when I got into # recovery . That's who I am now, and it actually gives me greater pleasure to have that identity than to be a musician or anything else, because it keeps me in a manageable size. When I'm down on the ground with my disease-which I'm happy to have-it gets me in tune. It gives me a spiritual anchor. Don't ask me to explain.