John Fogerty Quotes

I play bass. I don't have to go out there and screech.

When I need to nail that riff to the cross, Marshall will always provide the hammer!

Pete Townshend used to crash chords and let the guitar feed back. He's overrated.

I played recorder in assembly, then I became passionate about the guitar, I don't know why. I started on electric then moved to acoustic - my brother was playing bass in the next room.

The bass is just the crayon that I picked out of the box. I'd probably be writing similar stuff if I played guitar or trumpet. The pictures I want to draw I do with this crayon I chose, which is the bass.

They tried to get me to use a pick when I first joined the band. They had certain things they thought were appropriate. I tried to adapt as much as I could.

I've always liked the electric guitar better. Even though the acoustic can be a very sexy and mysterious instrument, I can go to way more places with an electric.

You have to open the music, so to speak, and see what's behind the notes because the notes are the same whether it is the music of Bach or someone else.

As a kid, I took piano lessons, and I didn't like it. It wasn't cool. I was into Duran Duran and rock music. I didn't have any interest in piano. I did it for three years, and because of piano, I learned percussion. I learned scales. I learned how to sing. Piano gives you all of the basics of those things.

I used my Schecter for all my rhythms and most of my solos, certainly the fast solos.

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

I never saw myself as the classic singer/songwriter who sticks to his guitar.

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.

I mainly use Stratocasters. I like a lot of different kinds of guitars, but for what I do, it seems that a Stratocaster is the most versatile. I can pretty much get any sound out of it, and I use stock pickups.

My dad was vehemently opposed to electric guitars. He did not look on that kind of music as legitimate in any way.

Guitar solos bore the hell out of me. Only a few guitarists interest me, and it's not about the solos they play, it's about the grooves they create.

Soloing was pretty easy for me because it was probably the first thing I've ever done.

Once I picked up an electric guitar, I lost interest in piano, and I just wanted to rock. I studied piano for so long, I got burned out on it.

Do you know that my very first experience as a composer was a 'Concerto for Accordion?'

I am not a pop musician; I don't want to play bubble-gummy pop stuff.

I actually had a really nice guitar as a teenager. I took jazz guitar, so my mom bought me this probably $1,600 guitar. But I got really into garage rock and local bands, and I noticed they played really crappy guitars. So I thought, 'Hey, I should get a crappy guitar, too!'

I don't have a very disciplined approach to practicing or anything, but I do tend to have a guitar around most of the time, which I strum on most of the day.

Rilo Kiley was a rock band, so I wanted my solo records to feel different.

Yeah, I've always considered myself a musical person.

I'd rather play jazz, I hate rock and roll.