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John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
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Seymour
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John Cougar Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp
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All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.
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You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.
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Dear Mr. President, can I ask you a question, when the bombs fall down will they hurt everyone in my family?
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It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.
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Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away
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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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I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not nostalgic about much of anything.
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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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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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I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb.
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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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I do things my way and I pay a high price.
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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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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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You have to reinvent yourself.
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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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I know a lot of funny people in a lot of funny places.
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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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I enjoy the pleasure of my own company.
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