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Song Quotes by 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 don't…
- Rock'n'roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things, it's a great…
- I have a bunch of information in my head that I'm not afraid to put in song or onto a canvas. Into any conversation.
- I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.
- A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was…
- Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album.
- I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.
- I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines.
- I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain?
- In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.
- This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it.
- I was one of those guys, you know, playing and singing, and there was no reason for me to write a song, because there were…
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- You must pass your days in song. Let your whole life be a song. — Sai Baba
- Every single band in the world has these gigantic songs that people are obsessed with. — Sebastian Bach
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- A lot of people when they try to sing Skid Row songs, they're screaming and yelling too much. It's more singing than… — Sebastian Bach
- To think that when they come out with these gigantic songs, it's pretty tough to top them, you know. — Sebastian Bach
- My songs are like cheap Neil Young copies. — Randy Bachman
- I don't have one song that sounds like another one in my entire catalog. — Erykah Badu
- A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime. — Bryan Adams