I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically. John Mellencamp More Quotes by John Mellencamp More Quotes From John Mellencamp The CD, it should be noted, was born out of greed. It was devised to prop up record sales on the expectation of people replenishing their record collections with CDs of albums they had already purchased. John Mellencamp cds expectations people 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. John Mellencamp hatred president country Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive. John Mellencamp teenager long thinking 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? John Mellencamp guy song thinking My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material. John Mellencamp names people son I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it. John Mellencamp comment agree art You know, it's cigarettes that killed Jerry Garcia. Everyone thinks it's heroin, but it wasn't. It was cigarettes. John Mellencamp heroin smoking thinking What's the difference? One guy's the same as the other. John Mellencamp differences guy It's a lonely ol' night. Can I put my arms around you? John Mellencamp lonely loneliness night Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away John Mellencamp innocent loses laughter Sometimes love don't feel like it should, you make it hurt so good. John Mellencamp time-love hurt sometimes I do things my way and I pay a high price. John Mellencamp egotism pay way My voice has gotten better from smoking. John Mellencamp voice smoking Now I do have a choice, and I'm not going to do anything I don't want to do. John Mellencamp choices want I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty. John Mellencamp naughty fighting dirty I enjoy the pleasure of my own company. John Mellencamp company enjoy pleasure Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land. John Mellencamp grandma religious hands I think it's ridiculous to try to sell records to teenagers, because teenagers don't buy my records. And there ain't that many teenagers out there in the marketplace. John Mellencamp teenager trying thinking If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to. John Mellencamp betrayal fans years When you live life for yourself it's hard on everyone. And that hasn't changed. For me, if anything, it's gotten worse. John Mellencamp hard live-life changed
