Artist Quote by Don McLean

My parents were not musical, and they were not effervescent people; everything was very quiet. The music that I played was loud; it used…

— Don McLean

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.

— Don McLean

The society that produced The Who, The Stones, Dylan, Paul McCartney and later on people, like myself, is over. The materialistic society that produces…

— Don McLean

And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air I've got…

— Don McLean

I saw satan laughing with delight The day the music died.

— Don McLean

I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.

— Don McLean

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…

— Don McLean

Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.

— Don McLean

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation.But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation.

— Don McLean

Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living. In an earthly tapestry hung from the skyline of…

— Don McLean

Herman Melville was supposed to be an accountant. Van Gogh was meant to be an art dealer. I was meant to take the train…

— Don McLean

American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.

— Don McLean