I try to make sure that my kids understand how fortunate they are and that they shouldn't take any of this for granted. 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 cdsexpectationspeople 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 hatredpresidentcountry 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 teenagerlongthinking 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 guysongthinking 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 namespeopleson I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it. John Mellencamp commentagreeart You know, it's cigarettes that killed Jerry Garcia. Everyone thinks it's heroin, but it wasn't. It was cigarettes. John Mellencamp heroinsmokingthinking What's the difference? One guy's the same as the other. John Mellencamp differencesguy It's a lonely ol' night. Can I put my arms around you? John Mellencamp lonelylonelinessnight Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away John Mellencamp innocentloseslaughter Sometimes love don't feel like it should, you make it hurt so good. John Mellencamp time-lovehurtsometimes I do things my way and I pay a high price. John Mellencamp egotismpayway My voice has gotten better from smoking. John Mellencamp voicesmoking Now I do have a choice, and I'm not going to do anything I don't want to do. John Mellencamp choiceswant I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty; it fights dirty. John Mellencamp naughtyfightingdirty I enjoy the pleasure of my own company. John Mellencamp companyenjoypleasure 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 grandmareligioushands 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 teenagertryingthinking 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 betrayalfansyears 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 hardlive-lifechanged
