She chased after her dream with much desire, but when she got to close to her expectations, well the dream burned up like paper in fire. John Mellencamp More Quotes by John Mellencamp More Quotes From John Mellencamp 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. John Mellencamp recordsfailuremotivational It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way! John Mellencamp ifspeaceway There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands. John Mellencamp gloriousgenerationshands Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun John Mellencamp growing-upfundeath When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions. John Mellencamp emotionaldecisionpeople Most people in life, give up too early. John Mellencamp giving-upgivingpeople Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me. John Mellencamp househomeamerica An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind. John Mellencamp honestymindmen If you hide information from people, don't want people to see the Ten Commandments or don't want people to hear about Darwin, aren't we hiding things that we know from our future generations? I just think that that's incorrect. John Mellencamp generationspeoplethinking Be careful of those who kill in Jesus' name; he don't believe in killing at all. John Mellencamp namesbelievejesus Future generations, riding on the highways that we built, I hope they have a better understanding. John Mellencamp ridingfutureunderstanding I need a lover that won't drive me crazy, someone that knows the meaning of hey, hit the highway. John Mellencamp heycrazyneeds Some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy, that I'm uneducated, that my opinion means nothing, but I know I'm a real good dancer. John Mellencamp honestyrealmean If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease. John Mellencamp barsuseease they say life goes on long after the thrill of living John Mellencamp thrillgoes-onlong I have a bunch of information in my head that I'm not afraid to put in song or onto a canvas. Into any conversation. John Mellencamp canvasinformationsong When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand. John Mellencamp usehandsenemy My grandmother made sure that I went to church every Sunday. And shed come over and pick us boys up, and we would go to the Nazarene church. And back then, that was about as close to heaven as I ever got, because just the time to be able to spend with her, and she was very, very religious. John Mellencamp grandmothersundayreligious I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past. John Mellencamp swingsbalancepast It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news. John Mellencamp newsmediaresponsibility
