People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I'm looking for trouble. A lot of people get to be a certain age and they just kind of lose interest or… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I've never fit in in any music world. I've always been an outsider. I mean, the fact that I live in Indiana… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
We lost our way a long time ago with technology. Just because something is an advancement by going digital - that was… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael,… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
The CD, it should be noted, was born out of greed. It was devised to prop up record sales on the expectation… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can'… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
If you hide information from people, don't want people to see the Ten Commandments or don't want people to hear about Darwin,… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I remember the first time I saw a CD, a technology guy brought one to my house and said we will be… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Wait a minute, guys, I have always been on your side. I have always spoken for you, always tried to put on… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
My grandmother made sure that I went to church every Sunday. And she'd come over and pick us boys up, and we would go… — John Mellencamp Copy Share
I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is. — John Mellencamp Copy Share
You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away. — John Mellencamp Copy Share
Oh, I think country has changed tremendously. I think country has totally changed. Country music when I was a kid was Hank Williams. If… — John Mellencamp Copy Share
I'm looking for trouble. A lot of people get to be a certain age and they just kind of lose interest or they give… — John Mellencamp Copy Share
Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun — John Mellencamp Copy Share
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. — John Mellencamp Copy Share
Country sure has changed in the last 10 years. It was one thing, then it was another. Country has slowly marched toward a rock… — John Mellencamp Copy Share
I just think if the song's good, sing it. I don't care who's doing it. I don't care if it's a country act. I… — John Mellencamp Copy Share
Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything. — John Mellencamp Copy Share
