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John Mellencamp Quotes

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.

John Mellencamp

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

Life Me Ideas Song Looking Become

My guitar is a mutation between a classic Fender Stratocaster guitar, which I played for years, and a Gibson solid-body like an SG or a Les Paul. It contains all sounds of the basic classic rock n' roll guitars. It does what I want it to do.

Guitar Want Rock Classic Years Roll

I've been to all 50 states, and traveled this whole country, and 90 percent of the people are good folks. The rest of them take after the other side of the family.

Family Good People Rest Traveled

A person often meets his destiny on the road he took to avoid it.

Jean de La Fontaine

Future Road Destiny Person Avoid He

You have to be clear what your message is and what you're doing. I mean, Miley Cyrus is an amazing talent, and sometimes you kind of just want to say, 'We know you're not Hannah Montana anymore. We know that, my dear. My darling. Now, go be great.'

Great Talent Amazing Doing You Know

A lot of children, like I did, move away from words because of the fear - which is something you have to take out of education: the fear of worrying about what marks you'll get, detention, worrying about letting people down, your parents, teachers.

Michael Morpurgo

Education Fear Children Words People

The initials BP used to stand for British Petroleum, but like Kentucky Fried Chicken, they changed their name to improve their image. Apparently, 'Petroleum,' like the word 'Fried,' connoted a company too oily for American tastes.

Name Stand American Chicken Image

In the world of book writing, an author really gets to have control over what he or she writes, which is why it is very satisfying. With the help of a great compatible editor, you really have something in the end you can call your own.

Great Writing Control World Book

Honesty has come to mean the privilege of insulting you to your face without expecting redress.

Honesty Face You Privilege Mean

My earliest memories of holidays are from when I was about eight. We lived in Pennsylvania, and every year we'd visit Miami.

Memories Holidays Miami Year Lived

I love characters who are kind of haunted by their pasts, who struggle on despite their flaws, knowing that, at the end of the day, they're not going to shuffle off to those pearly gates.

Love Day Struggle End Of The Day End

I wouldn't be the first quarterback from California to go to cold weather. I think Tom Brady and Aaron Rodgers are doing pretty well and been able to do it.

Weather Cold Think Doing Go First

The magic's back, folks.

Magic Back Folks

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