John Mellencamp Quotes - Page 3

I know a lot of funny people in a lot of funny places.

You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice.

We have been lied to and terrorized by our own government, and it is time to take action.

This is about black people selling out other black people.

Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a few hits on a major label to continue that success.

I've never had anybody produce my records. I've always produced my own records. I've worked with a guy for a while who was an engineer who helped me produce records, but I've always made my own records. I'm a control fanatic. I've got to control everything.

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.

When you live life for yourself it's hard on everyone. And that hasn't changed. For me, if anything, it's gotten worse.

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.

What's the difference? One guy's the same as the other.

I want you to dance naked, if you like, I'll join you.

My voice has gotten better from smoking.

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

Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.

His frustration running very high, he takes it out on the ones he loves because it's safe.

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.

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

I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically.

Rock'n'roll starts between the legs and goes through the heart, then to the head. As long as it does those three things, it's a great rock song.

I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles.

This is serious business, sex, violence, and rock and roll.

Natalie from the Dixie Chicks could have said what she said before 9-11 and no one would have cared.

Nobody heard anything ahead of time.

We lost our way a long time ago with technology. Just because something is an advancement by going digital - that was a huge (expletive) mistake. It was a way for people to make money, but it sure didn't improve sound or quality of record making. It made it faster, cheaper, but it isn't as durable.

People have the right to say what they want to.