When all the original blues guys are gone, you start to realize that someone has to tend to the tradition. I recognize that I have some responsibility to keep the music alive, and its a pretty honorable position to be in. – Eric Clapton

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