John Mellencamp Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

“I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.”

“I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it.”

“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.”

“I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is.”

“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?”

“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.”

“We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.”

“I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many teenagers out there in the marketplace.”

“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.”

“It sounds funny, but I always try to keep an open mind about what I'm writing about. Sometimes I squeak my opinions in there, but generally I don't. I try to be objective about things that I'm writing about.”