13 Eric Clapton Quotes on Music

Eric Clapton quotes on music

1. Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?

2. Layla, you got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.

3. Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?

4. And I say, 'Yes, you look wonderful tonight.'

6. Music 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.

9. My driving philosophy about making music is that you can reduce it all down to one note if that note is played with the right kind of sincerity.

10. To have ownership of something that powerful is something I'll never be able to get used to. It still knocks me out when I play it.

11. Some people talk about me like a revolutionary. That's nonsense; all I did was copy B.B. King.

12. If it ain't Mississippi black music it ain't worth a damn.

14. He is a great person, as well as a great musician. And this guy sings like he was born down below Mississippi!

15. I 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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16. His fingers are directly wired to his soul.

17. I don't think he said 'nigger' he said 'wogs'. He definitely said, 'Keep Britain White'. Nobody cheered, but after he played another song, he did the same again. It was extraordinary - but he stood there being overtly offensive and racist. I was completely mystified as to why this man playing black music would behave this way.