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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
Actor
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Indiana
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This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.
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It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.
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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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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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I remember the first time I saw a CD, a technology guy brought one to my house and said we will be able to sell millions and millions of players, and people will have to restock their record collections. It was all about money. It was all about how much money we would make, we being him.
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All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.
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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 need a lover that won't drive me crazy, someone that knows the meaning of hey, hit the highway.
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We lost our way a long time ago with technology. Just because something is an advancement by going digital - that was a huge (expletive) mistake. It was a way for people to make money, but it sure didn't improve sound or quality of record making. It made it faster, cheaper, but it isn't as durable.
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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.
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The dust to which this flesh shall return, it is the ancient dreaming dust of God.
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When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.
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The Internet is the wrong direction for music.
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We could walk 3 minutes and be on the beach. I think the music kind of suffered because of it. It kind of smelled like Jimmy Buffett, which is a bad thing.
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With no bottom line, it's hard to know wrong from right. But I ain't ever satisfied.
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I've never had anybody produce my records. I've always produced my own records. I've worked with a guy for a while who was an engineer who helped me produce records, but I've always made my own records. I'm a control fanatic. I've got to control everything.
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Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.
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When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.
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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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