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" Radio was my friend after 'Jack & Diane' and 'Hurts So Good.' "

John Mellencamp

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" 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. "

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" One quality of a good songwriter is to be vague. A vague notion, a vague image, but enough to give the listener the opportunity to make more out of what's being said than is there. That's the great thing about Bob Dylan's songs: We the listeners have made more out of them than he ever intended. "

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" I'm as left-wing as you can get. "

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" I have to say when a man lives for himself, it's hard to live with him. That's pretty much the story of all my divorces. I've been making records since I was 22 and done things my way, and it's hard for me to compromise. And of course, to have a successful relationship, one has to compromise. Sometimes I'm not good at it. "

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" When did Jimmy Stewart not play Jimmy Stewart? When did John Wayne not play John Wayne? But that's what we like about them. When you talk about acting, you really have to respond to somebody's personality. "

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" What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible. "

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" I wish my grandmother and grandfather were still alive, because they were able to keep me grounded. "

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" If I laugh a couple of times a day, I'm doing good. People think it's their God-given right to be happy, and it's just not. It's something you've got to work at. I like to paint the human condition, and the human condition is not smiles and happy people. "

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" In so many musicals today, the story is moved forward by a song. I don't think we're gonna try to do that. "

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" 'Crumbling' Down' is a very political song that I wrote with my childhood friend George Green. Reagan was president - he was deregulating everything, and the walls were crumbling down on the poor. "

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" I've seen beautiful art on the sides of buildings. I've seen beautiful art in museums. I've seen beautiful art in galleries. Beautiful art is everywhere. "

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" I was born with Spina bifida. That's where you have a hole in your spine, and your nerve endings come out. "

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" When I wrote 'Pink Houses,' nobody was talking about that, right? The next thing I know, you can't see the TV without hearing commercials with 'Listen to the heartbeat of America,' or 'Born the American way.' That whole America thing now - I hate it. "

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" This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it. "

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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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" I'm the guy who wrote The Authority Song. Did they think I was kidding? Did they think it was only a song to entertain? "

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" Bob Dylan's first couple of records in the 60's weren't considered cover records, but he only wrote one or two original songs on each album. "

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" People in Indiana have known me for 25 years. They've known George Bush four. "

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" My best songs come from a place outside myself. "

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" You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. I'm not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice. "

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" I believe in something, even if it's just me. "

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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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" I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred. "

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" Broadway is a very different kind of place. It's kind of like Nashville in that there's a certain amount of people that are involved, and those people are what run it. "

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" I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians. "

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" Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No. "

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" I've been around so many people for so long that I take great delight in my own company. "

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" I just think if the song's good, sing it. I don't care who's doing it. I don't care if it's a country act. I don't care if it's a rock act. If the song's good, sing it. "

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" All I'm doing is painting. It's my hobby. And that's that. "

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