American - Musician | October 7, 1951 -
When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions.
John Mellencamp
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When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand.
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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.
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If I'm painting, I paint every day. I'll be up in the studio from 8:00 in the morning to 8:00 at night.
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Hanging out is a waste of time. The only time I would hang out was when I was a kid, I would hang out in the streets. But once I started making records, I stopped hanging out.
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All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that.
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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.
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We had an exercise in speech class in school, impromptu speaking, that I was always real good at.
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I was one of those guys, you know, playing and singing, and there was no reason for me to write a song, because there were so many beautiful songs out. And Bob Dylan was always the ultimate songwriter, and nobody could ever write a song as good as him, and nobody ever has written a song as good as him.
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Everything I see and hear... I will take ideas from anyplace, anywhere, anytime, and life has become a song to me. I'm always looking for a song.
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As I've matured as a songwriter, I realize that if it's out there, it's mine.
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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.
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