Eric Clapton

Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. ”

They looked great, you know the drawings of the guys playing looked great and bits of string around their necks. So it didn't seem to be that difficult a thing to do, or that inaccessible. ”

I just managed to convince my grandmother that it was a worth while that was something to do, you know, and when I did finally get the guitar, it didn't seem that difficult to me, to be able to make a good noise out of it. ”

I think I deliberately sold out a couple of times. I picked the songs that I thought would do well in the marketplace, even though I didn't really love the song. ”

Well, I think part of my gift, or if I have one, is that I love listening. ”

I'd love to knock an audience cold with one note, but what do you do for the rest of the evening? ”

I like solitude. I like the anomalous life. I like a quiet life. ”

The blues are what I've turned to, what has given me inspiration and relief in all the trials of my life. ”

I remember hearing Sonny Terry and Brownie McGhee, Big Bill Broonzy, Chuck Berry and Bo Diddley and not really knowing anything about the geography or the culture of the music. But for some reason it did something to me - it resonated. ”

I just like the company of beautiful women. I have a weakness in that department. And I suppose because I am fairly well off and a famous musician, I'm up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press. ”