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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
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The dust to which this flesh shall return, it is the ancient dreaming dust of God.
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I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb.
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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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I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically.
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I know a lot of funny people in a lot of funny places.
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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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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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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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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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With no bottom line, it's hard to know wrong from right. But I ain't ever satisfied.
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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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Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.
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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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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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To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark.
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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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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.
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Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away
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I do things my way and I pay a high price.
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The simple man, baby, pays for the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill.
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