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
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
In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a… — 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… — 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
I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses… — 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… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
If we have any hope for survival of the music that we all love, compassion must replace name-calling, fairness must replace greed,… — 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… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Sound quality was supposed to be one of the big selling points for CDs but, as we know, it wasn't very good… — 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
If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
We could walk 3 minutes and be on the beach. I think the music kind of suffered because of it. It kind… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Immersing yourself in the environment of a real record store where music is celebrated and cherished adds real value to the experience… — 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
