John Mellencamp Quotes

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• What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.

  John Mellencamp

  Motivational, Failure, Records

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• There is nothing more sad or glorious than generations changing hands.

  John Mellencamp

  Hands, Generations, Glorious

  "Visualize the game console generation shift" by Dylan Tweney, www.wired.com. October 28, 2010.

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• It's what you do and not what you say. If you're not part of the future, then get out of the way!

  John Mellencamp

  Peace, Way, Ifs

  Song: Peaceful World, Album: Cuttin' Heads, 2001

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• Grace, Mercy and Forgiveness will help a man walk tall. Walk tall!

  John Mellencamp

  Men, Grace, Helping

  Song: Walk Tall

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• An honest man's pillow is his peace of mind.

  John Mellencamp

  Honesty, Men, Mind

  Song: Minutes To Memories, Album: Scarecrow

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• Most people in life, give up too early.

  John Mellencamp

  Giving Up, People, Giving

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• Immersing yourself in the environment of a real record store where music is celebrated and cherished adds real value to the experience of buying music. In some ways, that retail experience is as important as the music.

  John Mellencamp

  Real, Important, Retail

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• Growing up leads to growing old and then to dying And dying to me don't sound like all that much fun

  John Mellencamp

  Death, Growing Up, Fun

  Song: Authority Song

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• I enjoy the pleasure of my own company.

  John Mellencamp

  Pleasure, Enjoy, Company

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Take 'Jack and Diane.' I was so disgusted with people thinking the line 'Hold on to sixteen as long as you can' meant to stay a teenager forever. What I meant was keep doing whatever makes you feel alive.

  John Mellencamp

  Teenager, Thinking, Long

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• If Woody Guthrie set the bar for American songwriters, Bob Dylan jumped right over it. No one I know will ever come close to possessing the beauty of melody and the use of language that Dylan shares with us, with ease.

  John Mellencamp

  Bars, Use, Ease

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• Some people say I'm obnoxious and lazy, that I'm uneducated, that my opinion means nothing, but I know I'm a real good dancer.

  John Mellencamp

  Honesty, Real, Mean

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• I do things my way and I pay a high price.

  John Mellencamp

  Pay, Way, Egotism

  Song: Minutes To Memories, Album: Scarecrow

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• What we do to each other are the worst things that we do.

  John Mellencamp

  Worst, Worst Things

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

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• Ain't that America, home of the free? Little pink houses for you and me.

  John Mellencamp

  Home, America, House

  Song: Pink Houses

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• they say life goes on long after the thrill of living

  John Mellencamp

  Long, Thrill, Goes On

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• Be careful of those who kill in Jesus' name; he don't believe in killing at all.

  John Mellencamp

  Jesus, Believe, Names

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• Sometimes love don't feel like it should, you make it hurt so good.

  John Mellencamp

  Hurt, Sometimes, Time Love

  Song: Hurts So Good

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• It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.

  John Mellencamp

  Responsibility, Media, News

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• I have a bunch of information in my head that I'm not afraid to put in song or onto a canvas. Into any conversation.

  John Mellencamp

  Song, Information, Canvas

  Source: www.esquire.com

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• Don't ever lose that innocent laughter, don't let time take that away

  John Mellencamp

  Laughter, Innocent, Loses

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• If you hide information from people, don't want people to see the Ten Commandments or don't want people to hear about Darwin, aren't we hiding things that we know from our future generations? I just think that that's incorrect.

  John Mellencamp

  Thinking, People, Generations

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• When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.

  John Mellencamp

  Emotional, People, Decision

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• When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.

  John Mellencamp

  Hands, Enemy, Use

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• I know there's a balance, I see it when I swing past.

  John Mellencamp

  Past, Swings, Balance

  "Song: "Between A Laugh And A Tear"". 1985.

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