John Fogerty
John Fogerty
John Cameron Fogertyis an American musician, singer and songwriter, early in his career best known as the lead singer and lead guitarist, as well as the principal songwriter, for the band Creedence Clearwater Revivaland later as a successful solo recording artist. Fogerty was listed on Rolling Stone magazine's list of 100 Greatest Guitaristsand the list of 100 Greatest Singers...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionMusician
Date of Birth28 May 1945
CountryUnited States of America
song real thinking
I was deluding myself that the song was almost not important, but I think the real thing that was happening was almost like self-hypnosis or mediation. The guitar lick was the transcendental key that unlocked my brain. It freed me. And then it all became easy. It's funny now, because I've had times when it wasn't easy.
suicide block thinking
When the bad stuff was really intense in my life, it was really what you would call writer's block. Your facility is just not as good because you feel so bad. I've heard of people right on the verge of suicide coming up with some of their best work. I wish I could think of an example, other than Van Gogh, perhaps!
thinking idols shoes
Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.
writing thinking rocks
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 other thing. It'll come from handling a guitar, mostly; thinking up little guitar riffs. I was born and raised a rock 'n' roll guy, and that's the rock 'n' roll ethic, at least through my experience.
cheating cutting thinking
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.
beautiful thinking simple
But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.
thinking way
And I now think that Stratocasters and Telecasters are way cool.
men thinking careers
Other people want a career or success because they think that will help them find their personal life somewhere. I've done it the other way around. What I have is what everybody else is looking for. I know I've got it made. I know I'm a very lucky man. That came first. Then the music and the career just kind of took care of themselves.
thinking bells rodeo
Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
cool overstate
There's no way to overstate how cool this is,
american-musician
I don't know that all the demons have been beaten, but I'm very, very proud of those songs.
american-musician bad fact good hard means songs work written
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.
american-musician eye musicians studio trying
On Eye of the Zombie, I just got some studio musicians who were competent, but some of them weren't right for what I was trying to do.
fantasy heard rumors
We heard rumors over the years that Fantasy was on the market, but nothing materialized,