Eric Clapton wanted to marry a woman just like his mother.
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The 62-year-old musician – who was abandoned by his mother Pat and raised by his grandparents – searched for a woman just like her, who would not reject him.
Clapton said: “My mother and I didn’t really hit it off that well. She was glamorous but in a cold, sharp way.
“The idea was that I would find a woman like my mother, then make her love me because I got rejected by the first one.”
The Layla singer – who has battled alcohol and drug addictions – revealed Pat was more of a drinking buddy to him than a loving parent.
He added in an interview with the Daily Mail: “The best
period of our life was as adults, when we were drinking together. I loved her but she was a difficult woman.
“Our relationship developed as friends. Whenever I needed a mother figure, she wouldn’t be the person I’d go to.”
Clapton – who has just written his memoirs Eric Clapton: The Autobiography – also confessed he wrote the tell-all book now because he is losing his memory.
He said: “I started to realise my memory was failing me. In another ten years I won’t be able to remember.”
