Because I’m a happier man, I try to dismiss all of that. I was deeply and desperately in love with her, and I still am.Ĭlash: What advice might you have for people getting into the music business to avoid the mess you suffered through with your former record company?įogerty: Well, it took years and years for me to be released from the bondage my record company had me in. So there was absolutely no reason for me to be a drunk at that point. But love kept taking up more space, until it finally pushed all of the bitterness away. At first, my heart was a complete black hole. For me, Julie and my family filled me with love. You try to talk to them, but nothing happens until they talk to themselves, accept that they need help, want to change. You hear about people on opioids now, the devil's handiwork. If there was, I'd bottle it. Everyone makes their own decisions. At the end, there was no easy, clearcut way out.
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My heart had been so full of unhappiness. When you get up, you want to have all of your faculties, go to work, earn bread and butter for your family, be a real dad, sharing your love and expertise with your kids. What do they call that, older but wiser? There's just so much to life, no matter what's going on. I can talk openly now because it's behind me, thank God. Was meeting your wife, Julie, the catalyst that brought you out of it? After your bitter CCR breakup and the ensuing lockdown your record company imposed on you, you went into a tailspin. Jim Clash: Let's go back to a time when things weren’t so good.
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