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There's a young man in a T-shirt listening to a rock and roll station. He's got greasy hair, greasy smile, he says, Lord this must be my destination.

John Mellencamp

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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
Actor
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Indiana
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I've never fit in in any music world. I've always been an outsider. I mean, the fact that I live in Indiana - I live in a fly-over state... I'm not running away from anything, that's the problem. Most people go to cities because they don't like where they come from.
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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.
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Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.
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It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!
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Be careful of those who kill in Jesus' name he don't believe in killing at all.
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