Quotes by Eric Clapton

I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him.

I have always been resistant to doctrine, and any spirituality I had experienced thus far in my life had been much more abstract and not aligned with any recognized religion. For me, the most trustworthy vehicle for spirituality had always proven to be music. It cannot be manipulated, or politicized, and when it is, that becomes immediately obvious.

Musically, he was like an old man in a boys skin.

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

At first the music almost repelled me, it was so intense, and this man made no attempt to sugarcoat what he was trying to say, or play. It was hard-core, more than anything I had ever heard. After a few listenings I realized that, on some level, I had found the master, and that following this mans example would be my lifes work.

An obsession is where something will not leave your mind

I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyones got their own definition. Mine, I suppose, is to know myself.

I think everybody has their own way of looking at their lives as some kind of pilgrimage. Some people will see their role as a pilgrim in terms of setting up a fine family, or establishing a business inheritance. Everyones got their own definition.

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, Im up for grabs. And that makes me an eligible bachelor in the press.

Music became a healer for me. And I learned to listen with all my being. I found that it could wipe away all the emotions of fear and confusion relating to my family.

I used to do crazy things that people would bail me out of, and Im just grateful that I survived. But the music got very lost; I didnt know where I was going, and I didnt really care. I was more into just having a good time, and I think it showed.

It was stumbling on to really the bible of the blues, you know, and a very powerful drug to be introduced to us and I absorbed it totally, and it changed my complete outlook on music.

I sought my father in the world of the black musician, because it contained wisdom, experience, sadness and loneliness. I was not ever interested in the music of boys. From my youngest years, I was interested in the music of men.