John Mellencamp Quotes - Page 5

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• 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.

  John Mellencamp

  Silly, Years, Age

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• I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.

  John Mellencamp

  Song, Writing, People

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• To say that we're doomed is just an obvious remark.

  John Mellencamp

  Obvious, Doomed, Remarks

  Song: Another Sunny Day 12, 25, Album: Dance Naked

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• Turning music into digital was just a con, a record-company con.

  John Mellencamp

  Records, Digital, Company

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• 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.

  John Mellencamp

  Couple, Smart, Guy

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• I remember the first time I saw a CD, a technology guy brought one to my house and said we will be able to sell millions and millions of players, and people will have to restock their record collections. It was all about money. It was all about how much money we would make, "we" being "him."

  John Mellencamp

  Technology, Player, Cds

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• The Internet is the wrong direction for music.

  John Mellencamp

  Internet, Wrong Direction

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• The greatest thing that ever happened to (my career) was the breakdown of the record companies, because there were no more stupid questions about how many hits are on the next record. It was very liberating.

  John Mellencamp

  Stupid, Careers, Records

  "Mellencamp's independent stand". Interview with Greg Kot, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 19, 2010.

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• I'm not a nostalgic person. I'm not nostalgic about much of anything.

  John Mellencamp

  Nostalgic, Persons

  "Mellencamp's independent stand". Chicago Tribune Interview, articles.chicagotribune.com. November 19, 2010.

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• Give me someone I can look up to, show me someone I can love.

  John Mellencamp

  Friendship, Giving, Looks

  Song: Danger List, Album: American Fool

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• I went to New York in 1974, to either try to get a record deal, get into the New York Art Student League, or be a dancer. So that was my plan. Some plan. And I had no money.

  John Mellencamp

  Art, New York, League

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• A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

  John Mellencamp

  Song, Taken, Woody

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• All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.

  John Mellencamp

  Hobbies, Painting

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• A lot of record company people, even though they're our age, want to be perceived as young hip guys, and they're hurting the business.

  John Mellencamp

  Hurt, People, Guy

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