I was one of those guys, you know, playing and singing, and there was no reason for me to write a song,… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
It sounds funny, but I always try to keep an open mind about what I'm writing about. Sometimes I squeak my opinions… — 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
Everything I see and hear... I will take ideas from anyplace, anywhere, anytime, and life has become a song to me. I'm… — 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 Image
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 Image
You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
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 Image
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 Image
I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not nostalgic about much of anything. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
