Eric Johnson

I think anybody that has an originality to them, it came from a pool of taking stuff from their predecessors.

Eric Johnson (born 17 August 1954)  is an American guitarist, songwriter, and vocalist from Austin, Texas.

Quotes

• I think the way that you develop your own sound is you go through a process by which you imitate people sometimes very closely. With me, I would mimic people to the note. And then I think you form a collage of all these different players that you imitate, that you learn, and you form your own recipe. I think anybody that has an originality to them, it came from a pool of taking stuff from their predecessors.
  • "Eric Johnson's Guitar Gets to Austin's Roots" at NPR (13 August 2005)