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. – 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