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Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), 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 of Cream. He was also part of the bands Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos.
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βMusic will always find its way to us, with or without business, politics, religion, or any other bullshit attached. Music survives everything, and like God, it is always present. It needs no help, and suffers no hindrance.β
βDid you plan your leads, or, for that matter, do you plan them now?
No. The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.β
No. The only planning I do is about a minute before I play. I desperately try to think of something that will be effective, but I never sit down and work it out note for note.β
β[Unplugged] was also the cheapest to produce and required the least amount of preparation and work. But if you want to know what it actually cost me, go to Ripley and visit the grave of my son.β
βStop Britain from becoming a black colony. [...] Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I'm into racism. It's much heavier, man. Fucking wogs, man. Fucking Saudis taking over London. Bastard wogs. Britain is becoming overcrowded, and Enoch [Powell] will stop it and send them all back. The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans and fucking ... don't belong here, we don't want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don't want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome. England is for white people, man. We are a white country. I donβt want fucking wogs living next to me with their standards. This is Great Britain, a white country. What is happening to us, for fuck's sake?β
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Eric Clapton on The Band
βIt sounded like theyβd jumped on to what I thought we ought to be doing. That was what I wanted us to sound like and here was somebody else doing it. It shook me to the core. β¦ The Band had done it without even trying, and I harbored that as a weapon of resentment against Jack [Bruce] and Ginger [Baker] β who had a lot more respect for what we were doing than I did.β
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Eric Clapton on Jimi Hendrix
Eric Clapton on John Mayer
βI was astonished at how well he played live. I had no idea he was that good.β
Eric Clapton on Stevie Ray Vaughan
β"I was driving, and "Let's Dance" came on the radio. I stopped my car and said, 'I have to know who this guitar player is today. Not tomorrow, but today.' That has only happened to me three or four times ever, and probably not for anyone in between Duane Allman and Stevie."β
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B.B. King on Eric Clapton
βHe is a great person, as well as a great musician. And this guy sings like he was born down below Mississippi!β
Dale Turner on Eric Clapton
βDuring the mid Sixties, [Clapton's] legendary performances with John Mayallβs Bluesbreakers and Cream established him as a pioneer of the modern electric blues and rock guitar. [...] Regardless of the musical format, Eric Clapton has always kept his brilliant blues-inspired guitar playing in the forefront, influencing the likes of Eddie Van Halen, Steve Lukather, Joe Satriani, Jonny Lang and countless others.β
Rob Power of on Eric Clapton
βAn electric warrior reinvented as the modern icon of acoustic blues, Slowhand has the whole package: tone, technique, reverence for the source material, everything. Obviously, when one of the greatest guitarists of all time sits down to play you know youβre in for something special, but thereβs something about the way Clapton affects the listener that sets him apart. His journey from young guitar god to elder blues statesman has been epic, and itβs inarguably his acoustic side that has propped up the second half of his career. Clapton is God? Maybe not, but heβs certainly all class.β
Eddie Van Halen on Eric Clapton
About Eric Clapton
Eric Patrick Clapton, CBE (born 30 March 1945), 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 of Cream. He was also part of the bands Blind Faith and Derek and the Dominos.