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To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark.
John Mellencamp
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John Mellencamp
Age: 73
Born: 1951
Born: October 7
Actor
Composer
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Singer-Songwriter
Seymour
Indiana
John Cougar Mellencamp
John J. Mellencamp
Johnny Cougar
John Cougar
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Future generations, riding on the highways that we built, I hope they have a better understanding.
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For me or a Bruce Springsteen to sit up in our ivory towers and make comments about racism, well, were not really in it, are we?
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When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.
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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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You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.
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I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past.
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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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I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not nostalgic about much of anything.
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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'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically.
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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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All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.
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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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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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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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