| I don't think anyone has commanded my
respect more, to this day. The first time I heard Stevie Ray, I
thought, "Whoever this is, he is going to shake the world. I was
in my car and I remember thinking, I have to find out, before the
day is over, who that guitar player is. That doesn't happen to me
very often, though I get that way about listening to music. I
mean, about three or four times in my life I've felt that way...in
a car, listening to the radio, where I've stopped the car, pulled
over...listened...and thought, I've got to find out before the end
of the day, not, you know, sooner or later, but I have to know NOW
who that is. And I remember being fascinated by the fact that he
never, ever seemed to be...lost in any way...It was as though he
never took a breather...or took a pause to think where he was
gonna go next, it just flowed out of him. It's going to be a long
time before anyone that brilliant will come along again." -- Eric Clapton |