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My voice has gotten better from smoking.
John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
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Singer-Songwriter
Seymour
Indiana
John Cougar Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp
Johnny Cougar
John Cougar
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The Internet is the wrong direction for 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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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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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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I know a lot of funny people in a lot of funny places.
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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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Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away
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Most people in life, give up too early.
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I do things my way and I pay a high price.
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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'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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Some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy, that I'm uneducated, that my opinion means nothing, but I know I'm a real good dancer.
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The simple man, baby, pays for the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill.
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She said she wasn't afraid of Satan, in fact, she thought he was a joke. She said she'd tear his tail off and run her fist down his throat.
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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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Turning music into digital was just a con, a record-company con.
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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 enjoy the pleasure of my own company.
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I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us he has filled this country with hatred.
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I think the Internet is the most dangerous thing invented since the atomic bomb.
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