Creativity Quote by John Fogerty

There’s a scrappy honesty in Fogerty’s double-take: he refuses the tidy comeback narrative, then claims the one thing he can stand on without flinching. “I don’t know that all the demons have been beaten” keeps the door open to relapse, bitterness, old injuries that don’t neatly resolve. It’s an anti-myth line from a rock era built on myths: the tortured genius, the triumphant reunion, the clean arc from pain to wisdom. Fogerty won’t fake closure.

The phrase “demons” does heavy lifting because it’s both vague and legible. For Fogerty, it can gesture at the well-documented battles over control and ownership of his catalog, the sour history with Creedence, the way the business can turn art into a legal case file. But it also reads as internal: guilt, anger, perfectionism, the stubborn streak that makes a great frontman and a difficult collaborator. He doesn’t itemize because the point isn’t confession; it’s the residue.

Then he pivots to craft as refuge: “I’m very, very proud of those songs.” Not the fame, not the band, not the era - the songs. The repetition of “very” is almost childlike, like he’s talking himself into certainty. Pride here isn’t swagger; it’s a boundary. Whatever is still unresolved in the private ledger, the public work holds up. That’s the subtext: you may not get peace, but you can still make something that outlives the fight.