John Fogerty Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

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

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

“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.”

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

“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.”

“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.”

“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.”

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

“Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.”

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