“I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically.” PeopleWritingTryingYearsInspirationAgeChanged Author:John Mellencamp
“I look at some of my contemporaries trying to emulate what they were 30 years ago and just because of the age factor alone, they look silly.” TryingYearsLooksAgeYears AgoSillyFactorsEmulate Author:John Mellencamp
“I couldn't have recorded this record 15 years ago. My voice didn't have the depth to pull these songs off.” YearsSongVoiceRecordsYears AgoDepth Author:John Mellencamp
“People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four.” PeopleYearsKnownFourIndiana 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
“Country sure has changed in the last 10 years. It was one thing, then it was another. Country has slowly marched toward a rock beat and rock preservation. Country artists of today. Man! That's how I used to sound in the '80s.” MenYearsCountryTodayLastsUsedArtistSoundMusicOne ThingRocksChangedBeatsPreservation80sCountry Artist Author:John Mellencamp
