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John Mellencamp
John Mellencamp
American Musician
Born: Oct 7, 1951
Good Me People Song Think You
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Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive. John Mellencamp
You People Long Whatever Thinking Teenager Alive Stay Take Feel Makes Doing Line Diane Forever Jack Sixteen Disgusted Hold Meant Keep
I used to think that eating healthy was ordering a fish sandwich at McDonalds. John Mellencamp
Healthy Think Eating Fish Ordering McDonalds Sandwich Used
Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No. John Mellencamp
Teacher You Fight School Long Think OK High High School About High School Teacher Only School Teacher Talking Authority
I'm 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
Song Think Kidding Entertain Guy Only Wrote Authority Did Who
This is about black people selling out other black people. John Mellencamp
People Black Other Out About Selling
When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions. John Mellencamp
People Emotional Make Afraid Decisions
The CD, it should be noted, was born out of greed. It was devised to prop up record sales on the expectation of people replenishing their record collections with CDs of albums they had already purchased. John Mellencamp
People Greed Expectation Out Collections Purchased Record Born Prop Record Sales Had Sales Up Noted Should Albums
If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night. John Mellencamp
Day Morning Every Day Painting Every Studio Up Paint Night
A lot of Woody Guthrie's 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
Song Other Lyrics Melody Would Guthrie Songs He Taken Were Lot Woody Woody Guthrie Sudden
You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice. John Mellencamp
Saying You Better Car Out Ditch Guy Only Driver Put Drove New Expect Any Going Cannot Choice Who Navigate Seat Need Kerry
Hanging out is a waste of time. The only time I would hang out was when I was a kid, I would hang out in the streets. But once I started making records, I stopped hanging out. John Mellencamp
Time Once Kid Out Would Only Records Only Time Making Hang Hanging Stopped Waste Waste Of Time Streets Started
I've been around so many people for so long that I take great delight in my own company. John Mellencamp
Great People Long Own My Own Delight Take Around Been So Many People Many Company
I need a long and lingering death to make sure that I have time to have a deathbed conversion. John Mellencamp
Death Time Long Make Sure Deathbed Lingering Conversion Need
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business. John Mellencamp
Business Age People Young Our Though Hurting Record Record Company Perceived Guys Hip Lot Want Company Even
Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album. John Mellencamp
First Considered One Or Two Only Records Songs He Couple Wrote Cover Were Dylan Bob Original Each Album Two
I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty. John Mellencamp
Politics Politician Petty Dirty Like Want Fights
I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs. John Mellencamp
Age People Own Way My Own Write Songs Because Sell Want
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
Great Will Hatred Country President Say Would Would-Be John John Kerry Divided Never He George George Bush Bush Us Filled Kerry
I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles. John Mellencamp
Work Great Beatles Great Things Will Say Entertain Would Only Open Know Well Anybody The Only Thing Anything Radio Even Thing Wide Things
I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had. John Mellencamp
Best Single Though Records Had Qualify Been Lot Hit Hit Records Human Wheels Just Really Fortunate Ever
If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to. John Mellencamp
Me Fans Record Betray Had Because Making Were Years Going Anyway Turn Turn-On Whole
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that. John Mellencamp
Today Song Try Think Musicals Moved Story Gonna Forward Many
It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news. John Mellencamp
News Responsibility Singer-Songwriter Report
People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four. John Mellencamp
Me People Indiana Known George George Bush Years Bush Four
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. John Mellencamp
Emote Write Songs Opera Rock Tommy
Unemployment is sky-rocketing; deflation is in our future for the first time since the Great Depression. I don't care whose fault it is, it's the truth. John Mellencamp
Depression Truth Future Time Great Fault Care First Our Great Depression Deflation Since First Time Unemployment dont Care Whose
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