![JANUARY 01: ROYAL ALBERT HALL Photo of Eric CLAPTON, performing live onstage, playing Martin acoustic guitar](https://cdn.mos.cms.futurecdn.net/AGnu7Nwkqd8M5zQubftXSc-320-80.jpg)
Eric Clapton and the song he said he'd never play live again: “I got at least 150 letters a day directly from people who were dealing with their own grief... and not really having the tools to deal with it"
"I was suddenly aware of the fact that there was a way to turn this dreadful tragedy into something positive"