Musically I was fed up with the virtuoso thing. Our gigs had become nothing more than an excuse for us to show off as individuals, and any sense of u… - Eric Clapton

Musically, he was like an old man in a boy's skin.

They sent me three songs written by a Texas songwriter they represented named Jerry Lynn Williams — “Forever Man,” “Something’s Happening,” and “See What Love Can Do” — and they were good. I loved the way he sang, and I sent back a message to say I would do it, on the condition that they produced the songs and provided the musicians. I think it was, professionally, the first time I’d ever had to back down.

Let It Grow,” and it was several years before I realized that I had totally ripped off “Stairway to Heaven,” the famous Zeppelin anthem, a cruel justice seeing as how I’d always been such a severe critic of theirs.