English (with Scottish allegiance) singer best known for songs such as Tonight's the Night, Maggie May and Da Ya Think I'm Sexy.
There are two misconceptions about me that get repeated. "One, that I'm tight. Two, that I'm five foot, seven inches, which annoys me. The papers say, 'Midget-like Rod, Penny's boyfriend'. "I'm not five foot, seven inches, I'm more like five foot, 11 inches."
-- 2007
I don't mind if a girl I go with is taller than me, because it means she has long legs, and that's IT for me.
What are the inherent advantages of dating the taller lady?
That everyone thinks you're 5'3". Whereas I'm 5'11", as you can tell. So people are always pleasantly surprised that you don't come up to their waist.
-- GQ Magazine, 2012
Rod Stewart told yesterday how cops were hunting a randy fraud who's bedding dozens of girls by posing as him.
But what has really upset twice-married Rod is that the pint-sized conman is only five foot three inches tall.
Rocker Rod moaned: "I'm five foot 10. How can my girl fans be fooled? They think they're sleeping with me."
-- The Daily Record, 1997 (Dec 30)
