Petty Quotes by John Mellencamp

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

I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is.

— John Mellencamp

You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.

— John Mellencamp

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

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

I know there's a balance/I see it when I swing past.

— John Mellencamp

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

— John Mellencamp

This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.

— John Mellencamp

Hold on to 16 as long as you can,

— John Mellencamp

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

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

I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not nostalgic about much of anything.

— John Mellencamp