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I enjoy the pleasure of my own company.
John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
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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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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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All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.
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Immersing yourself in the environment of a real record store where music is celebrated and cherished adds real value to the experience of buying music. In some ways, that retail experience is as important as the music.
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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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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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You have to reinvent yourself.
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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.
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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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I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically.
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The dust to which this flesh shall return, it is the ancient dreaming dust of God.
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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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You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.
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Most people in life, give up too early.
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If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease.
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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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When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.
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I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student League, or be a dancer. So that was my plan. Some plan. And I had no money.
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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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