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That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
John Fogerty
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I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I've written that you never hear.
John Fogerty
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I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker.
John Fogerty
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There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp boxes, trying to sound like Jeff Beck on a steel guitar.
John Fogerty
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I've studied a lot of great people over the years - Pete Seeger, James Brown - and tried to incorporate elements that I've admired, though I can't say I dance like James.
John Fogerty
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When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with my style, and with what I had in mind for the album.
John Fogerty
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I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.
John Fogerty
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I'm like a twenty-two-year-old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast majority of people have never seen me play live.
John Fogerty
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I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into my mind that I had small hands, so I was thinking I'd never be able to play a full-scale guitar, but I also felt like I was cheating or cutting corners.
John Fogerty
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But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.
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I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.
John Fogerty
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You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.
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