The Beatles had some juice when it came to distortion, but Clapton was finally able to break through those early studio engineers' fear of overloading. He defined the sound that guitarists spend the rest of their lives trying to get.

You think it's all written, but it's not. There's always another way to twist those three chords around.

I think that... the age of just slapping songs into movies, that's done.

You don't throw clothes away, because you know it's going to come back in fashion!

I didn't think I could go onstage and play unless I had a beer to loosen up. Well, if it was only one beer to loosen up, I'd probably still be drinking today.

The media plays up celebrity a lot, but it doesn't hold a candle to being a scientist. There's a lot to be said for what they all do, and are trying to accomplish.

The '70's came and went already