Quotes By Eric Clapton

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

Music became a healer for me.

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.

Risk is trying to control something you are powerless over.