I think the most important thing here is... paying homage to other artists. Everybody (is) passing the baton because there are many people who are going to be in this show. If it wasn`t for them, a lot of the rest of us wouldn`t be doing this.
I remember from my earliest years, ... people speaking, you know, in a certain kind of rhythm and telling stories and sharing experiences in a way that was different in Indian country than it was other places. And I was really struck by this and obviously...
I do remember thinking, `This is a strange way to make a buck. Travel around the world and people boo you wherever you go,` ... Night after night you just know they`re going to boo. Then a few years later you do it again, and everybody acts like they knew...
[The set`s release puts an end to the Band ... for now.] I keep saying, `Now I`m done with the Band,` ... I`m just not keen to be going back up into the attic and going into the trunks. I`m more interested in tomorrow.
[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.