And why on God's green earth should Eric Clapton be more talented than anyone else? Why, out of hundreds of thousands of guitarists throughout the world, is there one - or a few - or a few dozens - whose work absolutely shines, which is compulsive again and again? Clapton has no control over the fact that he is a genius at his trade, any more than someone else has no control over the fact that he or she is not. So why should anyone be grateful to a man for something that is outside that man's control?