“When you live life for yourself it's hard on everyone. And that hasn't changed. For me, if anything, it's gotten worse.” IfsHardChangedLive Life Author:John Mellencamp
“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.” IfsKnowsUseLanguageShareBarsEaseOver ItMelodyBobSongwritersDylanPossessingWoodyUse Of Language Author:John Mellencamp
“The reason I said the Internet is dangerous is that a couple smart guys could hack into a computer and shut down the Eastern seaboard if they wanted to. It's a terrible, out-of-control thing.” IfsSaidReasonWantedGuyDangerousCoupleInternetTerribleComputerSmartEasternHacksSmart Guy Author:John Mellencamp
“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.” PeopleIfsThinkingKnowsWantGenerationsInformationTenHidingOur FutureCommandmentsFuture GenerationTen CommandmentsHiding Things Author:John Mellencamp
“It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!” IfsWayPeace Author:John Mellencamp
“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.” PeopleIfsShouldTryingMayHouseNamesWealthSonMaterialsResearchSticksMy ThoughtsJohnson Author:John Mellencamp
“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.” IfsYearsWholeTurnsRecordsFansBetrayalBetrayBetrayedTurn-on Author:John Mellencamp
“You shouldn't even be in a band if you can't play Buddy Holly's Not Fade Away.” IfsPlayBandFadesBuddyFade AwayHollies Author:John Mellencamp
“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.” IfsKnowsWellsRadioWideGreat ThingsMtv Author:John Mellencamp
“I just think if the song's good, sing it. I don't care who's doing it. I don't care if it's a country act. I don't care if it's a rock act. If the song's good, sing it.” IfsThinkingCountryCareSongRocksDon't CareI Don't Care Author:John Mellencamp
“I want you to dance naked, if you like, I'll join you.” IfsWantDancingNakedI Want You Author:John Mellencamp
