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I remember the first time I s...

I remember the first time I saw a CD, a technology guy brought one to my house and said we will be able to sell millions and millions of players, and people will have to restock their record collections. It was all about money. It was all about how much money we would make, "we" being "him."

John Mellencamp 110 quotes

You shouldn't even be in a ba...

You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.

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Do I think it's OK to fight au...

Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No.

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I want to sell to people my ow...

I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.

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I'm using my art to comment on...

I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it.

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I'm your average Joe guy. I do...

I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians.

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What is there to be afraid of?...

What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

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When people are afraid, they m...

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.

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A lot of record company people...

A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.

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A lot of Woody Guthrie's 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 a Woody Guthrie song.

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All I'm doing is painting. It'...

All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.

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Bob Dylan's first couple of re...

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.

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I couldn't have recorded this ...

I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.

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I don't have to worry about an...

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.

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I don't want to be a politicia...

I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty.

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I thought I knew a lot about m...

I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is.

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I would never say John Kerry w...

I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred.

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I'm the guy who wrote The Auth...

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?

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In so many musicals today, the...

In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that.

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It's my responsibility as a si...

It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

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