Latest John Mellencamp Quotes from Interviews

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• You have to reinvent yourself.

  John Mellencamp

  Reinventing Yourself

• 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

• 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

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

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  Records, Digital, Company

• 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

• Nobody wants to make great albums now because nobody wants to buy them and there's no place to sell them.

  John Mellencamp

  Albums, Want, Sells

  "'The Coug' is dead to John Mellencamp". Chicago Tribune Interview, www.thespec.com. November 19, 2010.

• 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.

• The Internet is the wrong direction for music.

  John Mellencamp

  Internet, Wrong Direction

• Back in the '80s and '90s, when there was still a record business, there was pressure on anyone who was fortunate to have a few hits on a major label to continue that success.

  John Mellencamp

  80s And 90s, Labels, Records

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

• 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.

• Now I do have a choice, and I'm not going to do anything I don't want to do.

  John Mellencamp

  Choices, Want

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

• We lost our way a long time ago with technology. Just because something is an advancement by going digital - that was a huge (expletive) mistake. It was a way for people to make money, but it sure didn't improve sound or quality of record making. It made it faster, cheaper, but it isn't as durable.

  John Mellencamp

  Mistake, Technology, Long

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

• Nobody heard anything ahead of time.

  John Mellencamp

  Heard, Ahead Of Time

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

• I've never fit in in any music world. I've always been an outsider. I mean, the fact that I live in Indiana - I live in a fly-over state... I'm not running away from anything, that's the problem. Most people go to cities because they don't like where they come from.

  John Mellencamp

  Running, Mean, Cities

  Source: www.today.com

• I've never had anybody produce my records. I've always produced my own records. I've worked with a guy for a while who was an engineer who helped me produce records, but I've always made my own records. I'm a control fanatic. I've got to control everything.

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  Guy, Records, Produce

  Source: www.pbs.org

• All I can do is repeat what I think is the best information that anybody ever gave me.

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  Thinking, Information, Repeats

  Source: www.esquire.com

• When you live life for yourself it's hard on everyone. And that hasn't changed. For me, if anything, it's gotten worse.

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  Live Life, Changed, Hard

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I enjoy the pleasure of my own company.

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  Pleasure, Enjoy, Company

  Source: www.esquire.com

• 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

• I'm looking for trouble. A lot of people get to be a certain age and they just kind of lose interest or they give up. But I'm looking for trouble.

  John Mellencamp

  Giving Up, People, Age

  Source: www.esquire.com

• Music actually meant something when I started doing it. Too bad I wasn't mature enough to write anything that meant anything.

  John Mellencamp

  Writing, Mature, Enough

  Source: www.esquire.com

• I'm trying to write for people my age. And my inspiration over the years has changed dramatically.

  John Mellencamp

  Inspiration, Writing, Years

  Source: www.esquire.com