John Mellencamp Quotes & Sayings (Page 4)

“I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.”

“People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four.”

“I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student League, or be a dancer. So that was my plan. Some plan. And I had no money.”

“Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No.”

“I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians.”

“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.”

“This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.”

“When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.”

“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.”

“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.”