American - Musician | October 2, 1945 -
I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.
Don McLean
LifeMusicPeopleMeMy LifeDid
If something comes up I might write about it, but without an outlet the whole thing winds down.
DownWriteWindsWithoutUpWhole
I developed this fantasy world. I found that that was much more fun and more interesting and exciting than real life was to me. Then, once I got the guitar going when I was a teenager, I set sail for the direction I've been in my whole life.
LifeFunSailMeWorldDirection
When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I'd like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.
MyselfManRoadThinkGoCelebrity
I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the wide, wide world wasn't something I ever thought about.
FamilyWorldThoughtGuitarFriends
I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all the songs I've ever written.
MeListenDriftGoingOffStuff
Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.
MoreNashvilleOverYearsHad
The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.
StarsTodayThinkWayUpSeem
I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I'd have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country, kind of like a Johnny Appleseed, and sing.
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I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.
PeopleThinkTryingYouImportant
I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.
LifeMeWorldMeanOverBeen
There's always a fundamental misery that's with me that I always relate to some bit of loss or something. I don't know what it is about me, but even though I'm happy on the surface, there's something there, I guess. So, it all comes from wherever it comes from. I really don't know where that is.
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