John Fogerty

Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.

— John Fogerty

Usually I just let my songs do the talking. As a matter of fact I have long had an aversion to celebrities…

— John Fogerty

What happens is, especially when I was writing for my band, Creedence, and it's the way I write now, I go into…

— John Fogerty

All the really great records or people who made them somehow came from Memphis or Louisiana or somewhere along the Mississippi River...And…

— John Fogerty

I've long ago learned that if an idea will stand on its own, it'll stand having the light shone on it. But…

— John Fogerty

And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.

— John Fogerty

It just seemed like all the records I have made since Creedence Clearwater Revival have all been sort of pushed off center.…

— John Fogerty

I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten…

— John Fogerty

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

Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke

— John Fogerty

When I'm standing at the Pearly Gates, I want to say to God, 'Don't look at the records. Look at my family.…

— John Fogerty

I ain't got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.

— John Fogerty

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

— John Fogerty

With the Michael Moore movie, certain conservative talk show hosts call him un-American. Him and anybody else who says anything about the…

— John Fogerty

The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.

— John Fogerty

I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.

— John Fogerty

The ones I have got great necks; of course, all of the Fenders from that era are incredible.

— John Fogerty

Vanz can't dance, but he'll steal your money.

— John Fogerty

I’m like a twenty two year old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast…

— John Fogerty

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

In those days, I didn't know how guys like Clapton and Beck were getting that searing blues lead sound, so I developed…

— John Fogerty

As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're…

— John Fogerty

Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.

— John Fogerty

The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.

— John Fogerty

You got to hidey-hide, you got to jump and run again. You got to hide-hidey-hide, the old man is down the road.

— John Fogerty