I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting… — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Now I do have a choice, and I'm not going to do anything I don't want to do. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
Nobody wants to make great albums now because nobody wants to buy them and there's no place to sell them. — John Mellencamp Copy Share Image
If you hide information from people, don't want people to see the Ten Commandments or don't want people to hear about Darwin,… — 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
