John Fogerty Quotes

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• 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 prouder…
• No, but I've always felt that with true talent, and a commitment to hard work, it is possible to achieve an enduring respect and appreciation.…
• When I made Blue Moon Swamp, there was a lot of trial and error; I was trying to find people who would be simpatico with…
• ...my papa said son don't let the man getcha and do what he done to me...
• For years I walked around with the phrase "Green River" because I had seen that on a soda fountain drink when I was probably 8…
• As a songwriter, I try not to be sloppy; same with the music. You can be very lean, very efficient, so you're not wasting a…
• Now that I'm older, I like almost anything that's done well, even surf music and instrumentals; I really enjoyed the interviews with the Ventures in…
• I stuck with that size because I could bend the strings so well, and somewhere along the line I must have gotten it into my…
• Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
• 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 question…
• It just seemed like all the records I have made since Creedence Clearwater Revival have all been sort of pushed off center. I felt like…
• I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.
• I’m like a twenty two year old kid in a new band trying to get noticed and break through, because the vast majority of people…
• 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;…
• That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
• Even though I have often recorded alone, I still feel the best music is made by musicians playing off each other.
• 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 shine…
• Playing guitar is a never-finished journey.
• I practice really hard, every day. I started that about 13 or 14 years ago; it's a discipline now. But the writing is a whole…
• Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.

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