I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student… — 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
My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael,… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I look at some of my contemporaries trying to emulate what they were 30 years ago and just because of the age… — 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
