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John Mellencamp Quotes
A lot of Woody Guthries songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song. - John Mellencamp Quotes
A lot of record company people, even though theyre our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and theyre hurting the business. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Bob Dylans first couple of records in the 60s werent considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Do I think its OK to fight authority as long as youre only talking about the high school teacher? No. - John Mellencamp Quotes
For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really in it, are we? - John Mellencamp Quotes
I couldnt have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didnt have the depth to pull these songs off. - John Mellencamp Quotes
I didnt know if I was ever gonna finish the record. We just kept working on it and working on it and it got to a point where we quit. - John Mellencamp Quotes
I dont have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I dont have to worry about choruses and hook lines. - John Mellencamp Quotes
I dont want to be a politician. I dont like politics. Its petty; it fights dirty. - John Mellencamp Quotes
I think its ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers dont buy my records. And there aint that many teenagers out there in the marketplace. - John Mellencamp Quotes
I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is. - John Mellencamp Quotes
I want to sell to people my own age, because thats the way I write songs. - John Mellencamp Quotes
I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Im the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain? - John Mellencamp Quotes
Im using my art to comment on what I see. You dont have to agree with it. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Im wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if its MTV and radio, well, theyre great things, but cant be the only thing. I dont know that it would work even for the Beatles. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Im your average Joe guy. I dont really care for politicians. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Ive just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesnt qualify as a hit record-but its really the best single Ive ever had. - John Mellencamp Quotes
If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they werent my fans anyway. I couldnt betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to. - John Mellencamp Quotes
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I dont think were gonna try to do that. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Its my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news. - John Mellencamp Quotes
My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared. - John Mellencamp Quotes
People didnt listen to the song; they just heard the word Baghdad. They got angry. I was commenting on his economic position, not the war. - John Mellencamp Quotes
People have the right to say what they want to. - John Mellencamp Quotes
People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. Theyve known George Bush four. - John Mellencamp Quotes
The Legacy label is a Sony company that deals in their old catalogue. They put out the Robert Johnson collection and tons of reissued material. - John Mellencamp Quotes
This is about black people selling out other black people. - John Mellencamp Quotes
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and thats it. - John Mellencamp Quotes
Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I dont care whose fault it is, its the truth. - John Mellencamp Quotes
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