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 Image
We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
All I can do is repeat what I think is the best information that anybody ever gave me. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
When you live life for yourself it's hard on everyone. And that hasn't changed. For me, if anything, it's gotten worse. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands. — 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
