It sounds funny, but I always try to keep an open mind about what I’m writing about. Sometimes I squeak my opinions in there, but generally I don’t. I try to be objective about things that I’m writing about. John Mellencamp Read Quote
If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren’t my fans anyway. I couldn’t betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to. John Mellencamp Read Quote
My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material. John Mellencamp Read Quote
I don’t have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don’t have to worry about choruses and hook lines. John Mellencamp Read Quote
I want my paintings to look like they were found in a garage. If they get a scratch or a hole in them, it just becomes part of the painting. John Mellencamp Read Quote
My task with ‘Uh-Huh’ was to make a more even record and get away from juvenile topics like ‘Hurts So Good.’ But I also knew if I wanted to continue, I had to have more hits. John Mellencamp Read Quote
I think Roosevelt had four terms, didn’t he? I think we should go back to that, and we should go back to four years for a senator, four years for a congressman, and I think we’d see a huge change in our society. John Mellencamp Read Quote
This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that’s it. John Mellencamp Read Quote
I’ve been around so many people for so long that I take great delight in my own company. John Mellencamp Read Quote
