John Mellencamp Quotes

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.

There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

Immersing yourself in the environment of a real record store where music is celebrated and cherished adds real value to the experience of buying music. In some ways, that retail experience is as important as the music.

Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness will help a man walk tall. Walk tall!

An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind.

I enjoy the pleasure of my own company.

Most people in life, give up too early.

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

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.

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.

What we do to each other are the worst things that we do.

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.

I do things my way and I pay a high price.

Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

Sometimes love don't feel like it should, you make it hurt so good.

Be careful of those who kill in Jesus' name; he don't believe in killing at all.

they say life goes on long after the thrill of living

Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away

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.

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.

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.

I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past.

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.