I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has. — Don McLean Copy Share Image
In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful. — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well,… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
“songwriters should make their statements and move on, maintaining a dignified silence.” — Don McLean Copy Share Image
When people ask what 'American Pie' is about, they're missing the point. The song isn't about the lines themselves - it's about… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I actually feel I'm in a much better place than I've ever been because I'm thankful people still love the songs that… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
But I knew - in the old days, if a song was a good song, I don't care if it was 'Yellow… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I like to bring my audience on a journey during my 90 minute concert. I will tell stories every few songs about… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud;… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
As you can imagine, over the years I have been asked many times to discuss and explain my song "American Pie." I… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
When writing I just go with the song. I go with the song and try to tell the story. So the story… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I have no idea how I do anything. I never have. You know I just started playing guitar and started singing and… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
We live in a world of empty spectacle, the world of spectacle rock, songs you can't remember, it's all about the expression… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
All you gotta do is think of the song in your head. And it doesn't matter whether you can play it or… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms. — Don McLean Copy Share Image
That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Basically, in 'American Pie,' things are heading in the wrong direction. It is becoming less ideal, less idyllic. I don't know whether… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
Starry Starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned… — Don McLean Copy Share Image
My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used… — Don McLean Copy Share
I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will. — Don McLean Copy Share
The society that produced The Who, The Stones, Dylan, Paul McCartney and later on people, like myself, is over. The materialistic society that produces… — Don McLean Copy Share
And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air I've got… — Don McLean Copy Share
I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world. — Don McLean Copy Share
You're going to be buying your ticket with your heartache, you're gonna be payin' the man with your dues. You're gonna be living alone… — Don McLean Copy Share
Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue. — Don McLean Copy Share
Faces come and faces go in circular rotation.But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation. — Don McLean Copy Share
Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living. In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline of… — Don McLean Copy Share
Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train… — Don McLean Copy Share
American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has. — Don McLean Copy Share
And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have… — Don McLean Copy Share
The horrible thing about Death of princess Diana - the sacrificial lamb, which she was. And I believe, in a sense, John Kennedy, Jr.… — Don McLean Copy Share
