John Mellencamp

For me to pretend I'm the keeper of the small town mentality or that's all I'm interested in is wrong.

I've just been fortunate to havehad a lot of hit records, though Human Wheels doesn't qualify as a hit record-but it's really the best single I've ever had.

People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four.

Women ought to be fully guarded by law in all rights of property, labor, profession, etc.; but, roughly stated, the voting population ought to represent the fighting population.

If you have a block of ballistics gelatin and a high-speed camera, pretty soon somebody gets a gun!

I think when judges are in the position of authority, they really get bent out of shape when someone tells them they acted inappropriately.