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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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" 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 thought what I was good at doing was playing real simple guitar licks, since I'd cut my teeth on what Duane Eddy was doing; licks that were simple but had staying power. "
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" I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker. "
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" I don't know that all the demons have been beaten, but I'm very, very proud of those songs. "
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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. "
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" The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played. "
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