All Don McLean Quotes
- Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul? Believe
- We all got up to dance. Oh, but we never got the chance! All
- And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have told… Beautiful
- Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been a burden and… Affection
- When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to. American
- Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry. Chevy
- In the streets the children screamed. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed Children
- Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn’t take one more step Bad
- ...And as the players tried to take the field, the Marching Band refused to yield... Band
- American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has. American
- I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second. Around Every
- Something touched me deep inside The day the music died. Day
- I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will. Give
- I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world. All
- I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my… Glad
- In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful. American
- In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms. Autumn
- Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville. Association
- The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way. All
- But I knew - in the old days, if a song was a good song, I don't care if it was 'Yellow Submarine' or, you… Care
- I developed this fantasy world. I found that that was much more fun and more interesting and exciting than real life was to me. Then,… Been
- I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew… Albums
- I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the wide,… Ever Thought
- I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew… Almost Died
- I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I'd have a… All