On living in Eric Clapton`s country house: "I loved living in the country; that was the best time we had. It was the most staggeringly romantic garden. There was a sadness in the house and garden, a kind of melancholy which was very Eric, in a way, and ve...
Pattie Boyd
On divorcing Eric Clapton: "It was the most difficult thing I ever did in my life. I loved him deeply, but knowing that he was still seeing Conor`s mother (Lory Del Santo), I felt there was no role for me. Because he loved me, he believed I would be pleas...
Pattie Boyd
On Eric Clapton`s attempts at alcoholism recovery: "It was becoming very difficult. You`d look for the part of the person you know and love, but it was hard to find. I think Eric was worried about his talent totally disappearing if he stopped drinking, wh...
Pattie Boyd
On leaving George Harrison for Eric Clapton in 1974: "In my naivety, I believed everything was all right. He wasn`t taking heroin, which I thought was the main addiction for him. But, as it turned out, his drug of choice turned out to be alcohol."
Pattie Boyd
On why she became a muse for rock stars: "Maybe it had more to do with them. Perhaps Eric Clapton just wanted what George Harrison had. I don`t know - I just think it`s amazing we`ve come through it and we`re all still alive."
Pattie Boyd
On touring with Eric Clapton in the 1970s: "Eric would just completely pass out wherever he was sitting, whether it was on the sofa or the floor, because he was saturated with drink. The realisation hit me: `This isn`t fun. He`s not having fun`."
Pattie Boyd
Eric Clapton showed me this packet of heroin and said: `Either you come away with me or I will take this`. I was appalled. I grabbed at it and tried to throw it away, but he snatched it back. I turned him down - and, for four years, he became a drug addic...
Pattie Boyd
In fact like most other kids in the late 60`s I was listening to Hendrix, Allman Bros., Beatles, Eric Clapton and Led Zepplin among other stuff.
Mark White
Dylan`s is the kind of model we envisioned, and in the same way we see this book bringing out the distinct voice of Eric Clapton. He will be intensely involved in the book writing process.
David Drake
Clapton is 60 and happily married and he feels very good about his life, and feels ready to look back in an honest way, warts and all. He`s ready to write really candidly about his peaks and valleys and about how he has gone to hell and back.
David Drake
[Clapton was honored for a solo career that began in 1970. To mark his induction, he played the mournful tribute to his late son,] Tears in Heaven, ... Further On Up the Road.
Robbie Robertson
On living in Eric Clapton`s country house: "I loved living in the country; that was the best time we had. It was the most staggeringly romantic garden. There was a sadness in the house and garden, a kind of melancholy which was very Eric, in a way, and ve...
Pattie Boyd
