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John Fogerty Quotes

John Fogerty Quotes.

Playing guitar is a never-finished journey.
John Fogerty
Let the people know my wisdom, fill the land with smoke
John Fogerty
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 style, and with what I had in mind for the album.
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 war… To question your country’s policy, especially in a war that kills people, is definitely not un-American. It’s probably the most patriotic thing you can do.
John Fogerty
I usually destroy unreleased material. It has a way of coming back to haunt you.
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 singers like Howlin’ Wolf and Muddy Waters gave me the feeling that they were right there, standing by the river.
John Fogerty
Washburn’s an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.
John Fogerty
Usually I just let my songs do the talking. As a matter of fact I have long had an aversion to celebrities endorsing politics, and in some cases even other causes. I wonder about their motives. And I have to admit when celebrities get involved in political campaigns I tend to get a little bit sarcastic about it.
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 majority of people have never seen me play live.
John Fogerty
You should play with real musicians; the best music comes from real people interacting with each other.
John Fogerty
On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.
John Fogerty
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.
John Fogerty
The ones I have got great necks; of course, all of the Fenders from that era are incredible.
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 actually turn it into music, a song or even hopefully a memorable song, sometimes. You may find it surprising, but I’m a very intense, proud American. I love being an American.
John Fogerty
I ain’t got no time for a Caribbean cruise, just give me a song and a beer.
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
I loved Western Swing and Hank Williams’ music, and I now know that it’s a 6th tuning that gives you all of those classic licks.
John Fogerty
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.
John Fogerty
Mr. Greed, why do you have to own everything that you see?
John Fogerty
And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.
John Fogerty
There’s a bad moon on the rise.
John Fogerty