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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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β€œTell me why, must I fall in love with you?”
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β€œAnd I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight."”
β€œYou never told me he was that fucking good.”
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β€œWould you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?”
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β€œLayla, you got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.”
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Eric Clapton on The Band

β€œIt sounded like they’d 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. … 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.”
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Eric Clapton on Rory Gallagher

β€œThe man who got me back into the blues.”
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Eric Clapton on Jimi Hendrix

β€œYou never told me he was that fucking good.”
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Eric Clapton on John Mayer

β€œI was astonished at how well he played live. I had no idea he was that good.”
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Eric Clapton on Stevie Ray Vaughan

β€œ"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."”
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B.B. King on Eric Clapton

β€œHe is a great person, as well as a great musician. And this guy sings like he was born down below Mississippi!”

Dale Turner on Eric Clapton

β€œDuring the mid Sixties, [Clapton's] legendary performances with John Mayall’s 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.”

Rob Power of on Eric Clapton

β€œAn 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 you’re in for something special, but there’s 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 it’s inarguably his acoustic side that has propped up the second half of his career. Clapton is God? Maybe not, but he’s certainly all class.”

Eddie Van Halen on Eric Clapton

β€œI think Clapton is brilliant. He's the only one who moved me. The only one who made me want to play the guitar.”
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Brian May on Eric Clapton

β€œHis fingers are directly wired to his soul.”
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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.