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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
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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?
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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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The greatest thing that ever happened to (my career) was the breakdown of the record companies, because there were no more stupid questions about how many hits are on the next record. It was very liberating.
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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.
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I do things my way and I pay a high price.
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I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past.
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Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness will help a man walk tall. Walk tall!
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I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not nostalgic about much of anything.
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All I can do is repeat what I think is the best information that anybody ever gave me.
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My voice has gotten better from smoking.
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Turning music into digital was just a con, a record-company con.
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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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The simple man, baby, pays for the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill.
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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.
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Future generations, riding on the highways that we built, I hope they have a better understanding.
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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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It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.
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In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
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I have a bunch of information in my head that I'm not afraid to put in song or onto a canvas. Into any conversation.
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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.
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