Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then. — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony. — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell. — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
I was deluding myself that the song was almost not important, but I think the real thing that was happening was almost… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
I think at times the very strong feelings I have about my country coincide with my musical ability, and I'm able to… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
When the bad stuff was really intense in my life, it was really what you would call writer's block. Your facility is… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
I practice really hard, every day. I started that about 13 or 14 years ago; it's a discipline now. But the writing… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
Other people want a career or success because they think that will help them find their personal life somewhere. I've done it… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten… — John Fogerty Copy Share Image
Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other. — John Fogerty Copy Share
Usually I just let my songs do the talking. As a matter of fact I have long had an aversion to celebrities endorsing politics,… — John Fogerty Copy Share
What happens is, especially when I was writing for my band, Creedence, and it's the way I write now, I go into "guitar lick"… — John Fogerty Copy Share
All the really great records or people who made them somehow came from Memphis or Louisiana or somewhere along the Mississippi River...And singers like… — John Fogerty Copy Share
I've long ago learned that if an idea will stand on its own, it'll stand having the light shone on it. But if you… — John Fogerty Copy Share
It just seemed like all the records I have made since Creedence Clearwater Revival have all been sort of pushed off center. I felt… — John Fogerty Copy Share
I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into… — John Fogerty Copy Share
I think at times the very strong feelings I have about my country coincide with my musical ability, and I'm able to actually turn… — John Fogerty Copy Share
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… — John Fogerty Copy Share
I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer. — John Fogerty Copy Share
I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment. — John Fogerty Copy Share
With the Michael Moore movie, certain conservative talk show hosts call him un-American. Him and anybody else who says anything about the war... To… — John Fogerty Copy Share
The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics. — John Fogerty Copy Share
