Eric Clapton Quotes about Music

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.

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.

Eric Clapton

Music, Philosophy, Rock N Roll

Whatever your standing in life, the most important thing is behaving in ways that help other people. It's the same with music. I am a servant of the music ... and if I get caught up in ego, I'll lose everything .. it'll burn and that's a guarantee.

Eric Clapton

Music, Helping Others, People

For me there is something primitively soothing about this music, and it went straight to my nervous system, making me feel ten feet tall.

Eric Clapton

Music, Philosophical, Feet

Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway

When I saw Jimi Hendrix I knew immediately that this guy was the real thing ... and when he played it was like a rough sketch of what he was going to become ... this guy was our generation, and he wasn't in a suit .. he played a Howlin' Wolf song 'Killing Floor', and then we (The Cream) had to carry on the set. It was pretty hard to follow.

Eric Clapton

Music, Song, Real

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, Needs

I've always wanted the sound of Muddy Waters' early records - only louder

Eric Clapton

Music, Guitar, Water

I couldn't believe how good Jimi Hendrix was It was a really difficult thing for me to deal with, but I just had to surrender and say, 'This is fantastic.'

Eric Clapton

Music, Believe, Surrender

I have no problem with religion, and I grew up with a strong curiosity about spiritual matters, but my searching took me away from church and community worship to the internal journey. Before my recovery began, I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter.

Eric Clapton

Music, Spiritual, Art

Eric Clapton (2007). “Clapton: The Autobiography”, Broadway

When I was in Nashville, Tennessee in 1970 with Derek and the Dominoes, I went into this shop and they had a rack of Strats and Teles - all going for $100.00 each. I bought a handfull and made Blackie out of the body from one, the neck from another, and so on

Eric Clapton

Music, Nashville, Tennessee

Eric Clapton Quotes about Music

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