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We had an exercise in speech ...

We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

You cannot expect the guy who...

You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

I was one of those guys, you ...

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 so many beautiful songs out. And Bob Dylan was always the ultimate songwriter, and nobody could ever write a song as good as him, and nobody ever has written a song as good as him.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

When did Jimmy Stewart not pl...

When did Jimmy Stewart not play Jimmy Stewart? When did John Wayne not play John Wayne? But that's what we like about them. When you talk about acting, you really have to respond to somebody's personality.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

There are a lot of actors who...

There are a lot of actors who try to get records made and try to make record deals, and everybody goes, 'Ugh.' It used to be expected in the entertainment business. I mean look at Sinatra, Bing Crosby. All these guys started out as singers.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

I was born with Spina bifida....

I was born with Spina bifida. That's where you have a hole in your spine, and your nerve endings come out.

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Music was so important to the...

Music was so important to the culture when I was growing up in the Sixties and Seventies. We just expected that Bob Dylan was going to make a great record, and it was normal. It was like, 'Okay, here's another great record by Bob Dylan; here's another great record by Led Zeppelin.'

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This cycle of make a record, ...

This cycle of make a record, tour has been going on for 20 years now. I don't even know why I do it sometimes. Do I need more money? Do I need more platinum and gold records? The only thing I can think of is ego.

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If I laugh a couple of times ...

If I laugh a couple of times a day, I'm doing good. People think it's their God-given right to be happy, and it's just not. It's something you've got to work at. I like to paint the human condition, and the human condition is not smiles and happy people.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

Broadway is a very different ...

Broadway is a very different kind of place. It's kind of like Nashville in that there's a certain amount of people that are involved, and those people are what run it.

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Everything I have is for sale...

Everything I have is for sale. Material items are just things that pass through your hands that mean very little or nothing.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

One quality of a good songwri...

One quality of a good songwriter is to be vague. A vague notion, a vague image, but enough to give the listener the opportunity to make more out of what's being said than is there. That's the great thing about Bob Dylan's songs: We the listeners have made more out of them than he ever intended.

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The simple man, baby, pays fo...

The simple man, baby, pays for the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

Now more than ever the world ...

Now more than ever the world needs love, not just a slogan.

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I've never had anybody produc...

I've never had anybody produce my records. I've always produced my own records. I've worked with a guy for a while who was an engineer who helped me produce records, but I've always made my own records. I'm a control fanatic. I've got to control everything.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

The greatest thing that ever ...

The greatest thing that ever happened to (my career) was the breakdown of the record companies, because there were no more stupid questions about how many hits are on the next record. It was very liberating.

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Music actually meant somethin...

Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.

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I've never fit in in any musi...

I've never fit in in any music world. I've always been an outsider. I mean, the fact that I live in Indiana - I live in a fly-over state... I'm not running away from anything, that's the problem. Most people go to cities because they don't like where they come from.

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Growing up leads to growing o...

Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

The reason I said the Interne...

The reason I said the Internet is dangerous is that a couple smart guys could hack into a computer and shut down the Eastern seaboard if they wanted to. It's a terrible, out-of-control thing.

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

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