I can go to India and draw 20,000 people at a concert, and it's really because I've built up an internet presence.

I wanted to be like my heroes, but I also wanted to be me.

Going on You Tube, you see a lot of my videos. And I'm glad; there's numbers there. And I get this all the time, that when I'm actually in concert, there's a whole new level to it. There's this whole new energy level. It's hard to describe. But I just love to play, and I never take it for granted.

I think no matter how much you learn, there's always more to learn.

I was never good at copying. I was better at doing my own thing!

If you can keep learning, you can still do your thing, and keep singing or whatever, and still do innovative things.

People used to say, "Clapton is God." That was a phrase that people attributed to him, and he was a guitar hero back in his day. He chose a different path. And you can read about it, but he was really at the top of his game back then. I think he's one of the greatest rock players who've ever lived. His timing and everything was just so on.