Top 85 Quotes by John Mellencamp

About John Mellencamp

These are some quotes by American author John Mellencamp Musician, who was born on October 7, 1951.

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.

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.

John Mellencamp

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

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

John Mellencamp

Broadway is a very different kind of place. It's kind of like Nashville in that there's a certain amount of people that are involved, and those people are what run it.

Broadway is a very different kind of place. It's kind of like Nashville in that there's a certain amount of people that are involved, and those people are what run it.

John Mellencamp

I want my paintings to look like they were found in a garage. If they get a scratch or a hole in them, it just becomes part of the painting.

I want my paintings to look like they were found in a garage. If they get a scratch or a hole in them, it just becomes part of the painting.

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.

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

John Mellencamp

My grandmother made sure that I went to church every Sunday. And she'd come over and pick us boys up, and we would go to the Nazarene church. And back then, that was about as close to heaven as I ever got, because just the time to be able to spend with her, and she was very, very religious.

John Mellencamp

People have the right to say what they want to.

People have the right to say what they want to.

John Mellencamp

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

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

John Mellencamp

'Jack & Diane' was originally about race. I was playing nightclubs, and I was seeing new American couples, mixed-race couples. I thought it was cool. The song was my effort to make a song about that, but of course the record-company guy didn't like it.

John Mellencamp

As I've matured as a songwriter, I realize that if it's out there, it's mine.

As I've matured as a songwriter, I realize that if it's out there, it's mine.

John Mellencamp

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