Kuhlala kudabukisa ukuzwa izindaba ngokuwohloka kwempilo yezithixo ezinkulu. Kulesi senzakalo, u-Eric Clapton umemezele lokho Ngenxa yomonakalo abhekene nawo ohlelweni lwakhe lwemizwa, ikhono lakhe lokudlala belingasebenzi kahle.
Lo mculi oseyinsumansumane manje uthi unguye uphethwe yi-Peripheral Neuropathy, okwenza kube nzima ukudlala isigingci.
Amagama akhe ngokwezwi nezwi abelokhu ethi: "Ngibe sezinhlungwini eziningi kulo nyaka odlule. Kwaqala ngezinhlungu emhlane ongezansi, futhi kwaphela ngalokhu abakubiza ngokuthi yi-peripheral neuropathy - okuyilapho uzizwa uthanda ukuthola ugesi emlenzeni wakho - ukudlala isiginci kungumsebenzi onzima futhi ngifinyelele esiphethweni sokuthi lokhu ngeke kutholakale okungcono. "
Manje siyabona ukuthi inkinga ibiyini kulezo zinkinga umculi abenazo ngenkathi evakashela eminyakeni yamuva. Ngo-2013 waphoqeleka ukuba akhansele izinsuku eziningi zokuvakasha ngenxa yezinhlungu zasemhlane. Ngonyaka olandelayo amahemuhemu okuthi uthathe umhlalaphansi aqala ngenxa yengxoxo ne-Uncut Magazine.
Eqhubeka ngamagama akhe angokoqobo, amemezela ukuhoxa kwakhe: “Umgwaqo awusabekezeleleki. Kunezinto eziningi engingathanda ukuzenza, kepha bengicabanga nangokuthatha umhlalaphansi. Okungangivumela ukuthi ngikwenze, ngaphakathi kwesizathu, ukuqhubeka nokuqoshwa. Angifuni ukuthi kuze kufike lapho ngaphoxeka khona. "
Yize sifuna ukuthi izifo zakhe zilulame futhi nomculo uyaqhubeka nokuba nesinye sezithonjana ezibaluleke kakhulu zomculo waphesheya, ikakhulukazi uma kukhulunywa ngesigingci, bonke abalandeli kumele bazi ukuthi UClapton usondela ekupheleni komsebenzi wakhe womculo. Masiwuthokozele wonke umsebenzi wakhe, indaba yomuntu siqu egcwele umculo omuhle kakhulu, ngesitayela sakhe uqobo futhi esingadluliseki.