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Most people in life, give up too early.
John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
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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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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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You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.
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Future generations, riding on the highways that we built, I hope they have a better understanding.
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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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The dust to which this flesh shall return, it is the ancient dreaming dust of God.
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I do things my way and I pay a high price.
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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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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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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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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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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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Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness will help a man walk tall. Walk tall!
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The Internet is the wrong direction for music.
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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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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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I enjoy the pleasure of my own company.
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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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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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