John Fogerty Quotes

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

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• But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.

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

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• Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn’t think I could carry his shoes back then.

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• I don’t know that all the demons have been beaten, but I’m very, very proud of those songs.

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• 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 mind that I had small hands, so I was thinking I’d never be able to play a full-scale guitar, but I also felt like I was cheating or cutting corners.

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• 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; licks that were simple but had staying power.

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• I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.

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• I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker.

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• I work hard at that, but the fact that there are a lot of good songs means there are also a lot of really bad songs I’ve written that you never hear.

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• I wrote that song for my wife, and it’s what some guy who’s sitting under a tree would be singing to the woman of his life, telling her how wonderful she is. To me, that’s more lasting than something that sounds like it belongs on a movie soundtrack.

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• 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 have never seen me play live.

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• I’m much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.

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

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

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• I’ve studied a lot of great people over the years – Pete Seeger, James Brown – and tried to incorporate elements that I’ve admired, though I can’t say I dance like James.

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• 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. In other words, I don’t take my fans for granted.

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• 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 your magazine.

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• On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.

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• That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I’m not a good mandolin player at all.

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John Fogerty (27)

Birth:	28th May, 1945
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Guitarist, Lyricist, Singer

About

John Cameron Fogerty was born in Berkeley, California, USA. He is an American guitarist, singer and songwriter. He was the lead singer, lead guitarist and principal songwriter of the band Creedence Clearwater Revival. The group had nine top-ten singles and eight gold albums between 1968-1972. He has written several songs include: "Proud Mary", "Born on the Bayou", "Who'll Stop the Rain", "Down on the Corner", "Bad Moon Rising", "Green River", and "Fortunate Son". His albums list shown below: The Blue Ridge Rangers, John Fogerty, Centerfield, Eye of the Zombie, Blue Moon Swamp (Won- Grammy Award for best rock album in 1998), Deja Vu All Over Again, Revival, The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again, and Wrote a Song for Everyone. He was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 1998. He was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2005.

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