I think that is just about as dishonest as a person giving a bad interview. I despise people like that; they don't get two tries. It's all just sensation. It is always bullshit.

If you think you are too old to rock 'n roll, then you are.

People don't want to see the guy next door on the stage, they want to see a being from another planet. You want to see somebody you'd never meet in ordinary life.

Don't look to me. Don't ask for help. Don't ask for anything that you can do yourself

Sex, death and war. And justice. There's no shortage of lyrics there.

Apparently people don't like the truth, but I do like it; I like it because it upsets a lot of people. If you show them enough times that their arguments are bullshit, then maybe just once, one of them will say, 'Oh! Wait a minute - I was wrong.' I live for that happening. Rare, I assure you

Eric Clapton wrote "Layla" when he was coked out of his mind. Later on, it nearly killed him.