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Eric Clapton
11 quotes
“Did you plan your leads, or, for that matter, do you plan them now?”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Tell me why, must I fall in love with you?”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) first seen 1998 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Fall Like Rain (from the album Pilgrim - 1998)
“Layla, you got me on my knees. Layla, I'm begging, darling please. Layla, darling won't you ease my worried mind.”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) first seen 1970 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Layla (by Derek and the Dominos - 1970)
“Would you know my name if I saw you in heaven? Would it be the same If I saw you in heaven?”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Tears in Heaven (from the album Unplugged - 1992)
“And I say, "Yes, you look wonderful tonight.”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) first seen 1977 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Wonderful Tonight (from the album Slowhand - 1977)
“All I am certain of right now is that I don't want to go anywhere, and that's not bad for someone who always used to run.”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“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.”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“In my lowest moments, the only reason I didn't commit suicide was that I knew I wouldn't be able to drink anymore if I was dead.”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“[Unplugged] was also the cheapest to produce and required the least amount of preparation and work. But if you want to know what it actually cost me, go to Ripley and visit the grave of my son.”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“You never told me he was that fucking good.”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) first seen 2010 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: After first hearing Jimi Hendrix perform, as quoted in "Jimi Hendrix: 'You never told me he was that good'" by Ed Vulliamy in The Guardian (8 August 2010)
“Stop Britain from becoming a black colony. [...] Get the foreigners out. Get the wogs out. Get the coons out. Keep Britain white. I used to be into dope, now I'm into racism. It's much heavier, man. Fucking wogs, man. Fucking Saudis taking over London. Bastard wogs. Britain is becoming overcrowded, and Enoch [Powell] will stop it and send them all back. The black wogs and coons and Arabs and fucking Jamaicans and fucking ... don't belong here, we don't want them here. This is England, this is a white country, we don't want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome. England is for white people, man. We are a white country. I don’t want fucking wogs living next to me with their standards. This is Great Britain, a white country. What is happening to us, for fuck's sake?”
Eric Clapton (born 1945) first seen 1976 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: When Eric Clapton's Bigoted 1976 Rant Sparked Rock Against Racism" (at the Birmingham Odeon, 5 August 1976)