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John Mellencamp Quotes

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.

John Mellencamp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: musician
Nationality: american
Birth: October 7, 1951

Topics

Time Kid Out Streets Hang Started

I went to an all-boys Catholic school, and not only were we not allowed to wear pajamas, we had to wear dress shirts, dress pants, a tie, dress shoes... they stopped making us wear blazers, like, two years before I started there, so pajamas... you wouldn't even get in the front door wearing pajamas at my school.

John C. Reilly

Shoes School Dress Door You Pajamas

I get involved if a problem comes up after the death has been investigated by the local authority.

Michael Baden

Death Problem Authority Up Get Been

I'd always thought that 'NYPD Blue' really would open those doors. While I think it created a much broader template for cable, I don't think it really did that much for network television.

Steven Bochco

Blue Think Thought Doors Television

High aims form high characters, and great objects bring out great minds.

Tryon Edwards

Great Minds Out Great Minds High

I'm tired of biting my tongue.

Robin Wright

Tired Tongue Biting

If any mayor reduced school funding by 33 percent and called it the 'Strengthening Our Schools Initiative,' I think they'd be excoriated.

Martin O'Malley

School Think Initiative Mayor Our

Christians cannot be so joined to this world that they forget who they serve.

Monica Johnson

World Forget Serve Cannot Who

If a man knows not what harbor he seeks, any wind is the right wind.

Lucius Annaeus Seneca

Man Wind Right Harbor Knows He

If you're going to have a bad attitude, you may as well not even tee it up that week because you probably won't play good anyways.

Jason Day

Good Attitude Week You Bad Play

There was a kind of infiniteness to fiction that I found sort of... disconcerting. I remember having these really panicky thoughts, like, 'I can make this person say anything. I could make him do anything! I could put a jetpack onto his back and shoot him into space!' I don't like this feeling of having no rules.

Jon Ronson

Space Thoughts Remember Back Rules

We have a song called 'Skynyrd Nation.' It's just about what our fans are, what they do in getting ready for the show.

Johnny Van Zant

Song Ready Nation Fans Show Just

'Loveless' was a really big record for me. It was what was keeping me alive when I was still touring with Redd Kross.

Brian Reitzell

Me Alive Big Still Touring Really