All Don McLean Quotes
- 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
- I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all… All
- People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements.… Ambiguity
- When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as… Celebrity
- You're going to be buying your ticket with your heartache, you're gonna be payin' the man with your dues. You're gonna be living alone when… Alone
- Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue. Blaze
- Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken. All
- There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space. All
- They don't keep their promises in the promised land, its getting mighty hard to find an honest man. Find
- As you sell your soul and sow your seeds, and you wound yourself and your loved ones bleed. And your habits grow and your conscience… All
- My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have saved. All
- Helter skelter in a summer swelter. Funny
- As I watched him on the stage, my hands were clinched in fists of rage. No angel born in hell, could break that Satan's spell. Angel
- Devoid of all romance, the music plays and everyone must dance. I'm bowing out. All
- The Byrds flew off the fallout shelter, eight miles high and falling fast. Byrds
- Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil's only friend. Candle