John Fogerty Quotes

In my early days, I never used finger vibrato at all. I originally carved my reputation as one of the 'fast' guitar players.

Everyone always says that guys are intimidated by me, but I seriously doubt it. I mean, I'm five-foot-nothing!

I have short hands. That's why I have to bend up to notes; I can't always reach the frets.

My English is not very good-looking.

Eric Clapton's scales - when he comes off a high note and it's time for a refrain or a little bit of a rest, he peals off scales going downwards that are so good it's unbelievable.

I'm actually much more of a rock player than many people think.

Early on in my career, I was really into the volume pedal techniques that somebody like Steve Howe or Alex Lifeson would use.

I'm pretty shy, believe it or not.

In the end, I didn't think I was good enough to use sax as a stage performer to get where I wanted, and thank God I chose my voice as my instrument instead. You need to be honest with yourself, and I was.

I think I look really weird with short hair. So I figured if I've got a mustache, I think it looks less creepy with long hair. Like a wild look.

I think I'm a model in a football player body sometimes.

I'm a very tough critic of my guitar-playing. Sometimes I don't even want to do it anymore.

There's always more than one way to play the same notes because of the nature of guitar.

When I feel like improvising, I always improvise on the guitar, never on the lute. It's as natural to me as breathing.

The thing is, I have never been that confident, and, um, I have a lot of self-doubt, and I had never - I don't think I ever would have consciously chosen to be a television presenter.

I just used to go to the same auditions with all these other kids I went to school with. I didn't feel like I was really good at acting. I didn't feel like I was a really talented person that needed to be doing this.

The only one I can play like is Johnny Ramone. I would love to be able to play like other great guitarists, but my mind doesn't work like that.

Everybody knows that people cheat, but I don't.

I'm very bad at talking to boys. I'm not that great at it.

By the time I was 12 or 13, I felt that I was special, because I could play the guitar and write songs.

When Ray Flacke came out, it was like 'What in the heck is this?' ... there's a guy who had that Tele players attitude, and he plugged straight into that amp with a delay, and it was unbelievable the way he would bend those big strings ... he was really unique.

One thing I really hate about people who play both acoustic and electric is if they try to play electric style on an acoustic guitar. You must develop it as a totally different thing.

With slide guitar, you're just hanging this piece of glass on your hand. It's a really beautiful instrument in that it's so responsive, you're just slipping your hand back and forth.

To be honest, I still don't feel like I'm a representative or an ambassador for the sport.

I thought Marilyn Monroe was the most beautiful woman in the world and Elizabeth Taylor breathtaking. But when I see myself on the screen I say: 'Oh shoot! What are they talking about?'