John Verity Quotes

United Kingdom, Guitarist
July 3, 1949

John Verity is an English guitarist formerly with the band Argent from 1974 to 1976. When Argent split up, he formed Phoenix with Bob Henrit and Jim Rodford. The band recorded three albums with CBS Records and toured Europe before disbanding. Rodford joined the Kinks, Verity and Henrit joined Charlie, to record an album with RCA Records. Verity produced the Phoenix albums and Charlie album as well as the first Saxon album.

I'm like a lot of people in my generation. Eventually I went to get an electric guitar.

John Verity Argent
I don't want to sound over confident but I'm playing better than ever. I'm proud of that. I'm 70 years old this year. I'm still able to sing properly. I know how lucky I am for that. You do kind of worry that your voice is going to go. As a guitar player, I've improved over the years. I'm just proud of the fact that I've managed to keep going.

John Verity Argent
- Proud
- Playing
- Sing

I've always moved into a band where the musicians are a lot more capable than me. It's always been a conscious effort and it makes you raise your game.

John Verity Argent
- Game
- Musicians
- Capable
It wasn't in a school band. I didn't manage to hook up with anybody at school. Pretty soon after I started playing, I stopped going to school. It took quite a while for my parents to find out. I didn't need to go to school anymore because I was going to be this big rock and roll star.

John Verity Argent