Eric Clapton Quotes

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.
Eric Clapton

Music, Men, Experience

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.
Eric Clapton

Control, Trying, Risk

I am, and always will be, a blues guitarist.
Eric Clapton

Blues, Guitarist

From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didn't need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation.
Eric Clapton

Music, School, Nothing

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.
Eric Clapton

Mind, Leave, Obsession

I don't have half the nerves there that I have anywhere else.
Eric Clapton

Else, Half, Anywhere

I mean, it didn't matter to me that there were people, it didn't matter that I was shy Just the sound was so captivating that it helped me to get rid of those inhibitions.
Eric Clapton

Mean, Matter, Sound

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

Music, Kids, Early

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

Mean, Guitar, Pick

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest.
Eric Clapton

Lie, Around, Between

I don't know if I believe in luck. I think I'm very fortunate.
Eric Clapton

Luck, Fortunate

I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening?
Eric Clapton

Love, Evening, Rest

Music became a healer for me.
Eric Clapton

One of the most beneficial things I've ever learned is how to keep my mouth shut.
Eric Clapton

Learned, Keep, Mouth

The toughest thing about being a celebrity, I suppose, is being polite when I don't want to be.
Eric Clapton

Polite, Celebrity, Toughest

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening.
Eric Clapton

Love, Gift, Listening

I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it.
Eric Clapton

Good, Guitar, Difficult

I've got the god given talent or the god given opportunity better put, to let that out in a harmless way you know, and I don't know what it does to you, I don't really know.
Eric Clapton

God, Put, Talent

It 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 Clapton

Music, Powerful, Bible

Oh yeah, I mean, it wasn't a very good guitar, most good guitars have got thrust rods in the necks that you can adjust or that'll keep them in shape, you know keep them straight. This one just, well it turned into a bow and arrow after a couple of months.
Eric Clapton

Good, Mean, After

One summer I remember, I got exposed to Chuck Berry and Buddy Holly and Buddy Holly was a very very big, made a very big impression on me. Because of a lot of things, you know, the way he looked and his charisma.
Eric Clapton

Remember, Big, Summer

This moment in time, on this tour, you know, I'm discovering a lot of new things. And to be 45 and doing that, it's a mixture of pleasure and pain, I can assure you.
Eric Clapton

Time, Pain, Moment

When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and it's a pretty honorable position to be in.
Eric Clapton

Music, Someone, Pretty

Yeah, it is, because it's a real discovery of your inner resources, you know. That's what my character is all about and what my playing is all about. But to get up there and just go inside and draw out something that makes you feel good first and foremost.
Eric Clapton

Good, Character, Real

A British pressing with a compilation of the best stuff really, I mean actually not only that but, these were all kind of semi hits for the people on it in America.
Eric Clapton

Best, Mean, America

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Nationality: British

Born: March 30, 1945

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