I have a weird sense sometimes of what's going to happen before it happens, and I kind of live by that, which is how my instincts operate, I suppose. Don McLean happeninstinctkind Change image and share on social
I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all the songs I've ever written. Don McLean driftfantasyfuel Change image and share on social
I was around in 1970, and now I am around in 2015 ... there is no poetry and very little romance in anything anymore, so it is really like the last phase of 'American Pie.' Don McLean americananymorephase Change image and share on social
The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way. Don McLean bringkidstar Change image and share on social
I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will. Don McLean givepartlysing Change image and share on social
I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I would call 'Don McLean' when I was probably in high school. Don McLean actcalldon Change image and share on social
There's always a fundamental misery that's with me that I always relate to some bit of loss or something. I don't know what it is about me, but even though I'm happy on the surface, there's something there, I guess. So, it all comes from wherever it comes from. I really don't know where that is. Don McLean bitefundamentalguess share on social
I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second. Don McLean importantlongevitymake Change image and share on social
I developed this fantasy world. I found that that was much more fun and more interesting and exciting than real life was to me. Then, once I got the guitar going when I was a teenager, I set sail for the direction I've been in my whole life. Don McLean developdirectionexcit share on social
But I knew - in the old days, if a song was a good song, I don't care if it was 'Yellow Submarine' or, you know, or 'The Times They Are a-Changin' or 'Don't Be Cruel', you knew it, you know? You heard that song, and you were talking about it, and you knew it. Don McLean carechangincruel share on social