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I went pretty much for one tone, and I knew at that time that I wanted to play a Rickenbacker.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
In those days, I didn't know how guys like Clapton and Beck were getting that searing blues lead sound, so I developed my style to be rhythmic and chord-based, with simple lead lines that you could almost hum.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
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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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My papa said son don't let the man getcha and do what he done to me.
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Sometimes I think life is just a rodeo, the trick is to ride and make it to the bell.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
Washburn's an old American name, but this one was assembled overseas.
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Long as I remember, rain been comin' down; Clouds of mystery fallin', confusion on the ground; Good men through the ages, trying to find the sun; And I wonder, still I wonder: Who will stop the rain?
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
Even though James Burton was my idol, I didn't think I could carry his shoes back then.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
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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 Creedence Clearwater Revival -
The Telecaster doesn't really sound that good for the kind of rock and roll that a lot of people played.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
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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The only sliding I did was on the kind of instrument that you put on your lap; no Spanish electrics.
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But I think beautiful is simple and elegant, like a ballad with simple harmony.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp boxes, trying to sound like Jeff Beck on a steel guitar.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
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I'm much more energetic now; you might say live performance is my mission.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
On Eye of the Zombie, I had so-called studio musicians.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
I don't know that all the demons have been beaten, but I'm very, very proud of those songs.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
All these different groups of people that are put right in the path of billions of dollars of American tax payers' money. If I had enough time I could have named all of those people in the song, too! The song would have been 400 minutes long.
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I've also become much more the musician I've always wanted to be.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
That song has the full extent of my mandolin abilities; I'm not a good mandolin player at all.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival
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The ones I have got great necks; of course, all of the Fenders from that era are incredible.
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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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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.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival -
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.
John Fogerty Creedence Clearwater Revival