From the beginning, I knew intuitively that if nothing else, music was safe, and that nobody could tell me anything about it. Music didnt need a middleman, whereas all the other things in school needed some kind of explanation. – Eric Clapton

Although they can do it all the time, you know, theyre far better than me, on a musically, on a theoretical music level. You know, theyre out of my league. – Eric Clapton

But I did go to music really early on, even when I was 4 or 5, I was responding to music probably in ways other kids were not. – Eric Clapton