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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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John Fogerty
Age: 79
Born: 1945
Born: May 28
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Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.
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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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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.
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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.
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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.
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Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke
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Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
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When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family. I'm much prouder about that part.'
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Long as I remember, rain been comin' down Clouds of mystery fallin', confusion on the ground Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun And I wonder, still I wonder: Who will stop the rain?
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