John Mellencamp Quotes
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.
Quotes to Explore
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I'm from Brooklyn. In Brooklyn, if you say, 'I'm dangerous', you'd better be dangerous.
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The essence of a general's job is to assist in developing a clear sense of purpose to keep the junk from getting in the way of important things.
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I'm a little angry in life.
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I have to stay calm, cool, and collected.
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When I need names they drop out of my head; when I don't need them they drop back.
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Being in my best shape, my conditioning, it's something I pride myself in.
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I try and sit on the fence because as soon as you voice any kind of opinion, people begin to think you're an idiot.
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If you can play live and support yourself, it's one of the few ways you're going to actually get paid in this business these days.
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No civilisation can claim to have a monopoly on universal values and no one can claim to be always faithful to his own values.
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I've been noticing gravity since I was very young.
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Freedom is secured every day by our men and women in uniform. We must build a future worthy of their sacrifice.
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If the next thing I do is not necessarily filling the role of 'the future of journalism,' it'll probably be whatever is making me happiest, and that's enough for me.
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By knowing your character so well you can't go wrong. All of us kind of fell into that.
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Ants are the leading removers of dead creatures on the land. And the rest of life is substantially dependent upon them.
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I like to remind myself how hard acting is. I do parts in friends' stuff.
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There's not a fortune to be made doing voiceover work unless you're one of the main voices on The Simpsons. See, there's The Simpsons, and then there's everything else.
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In any country there must be people who have to die. They are the sacrifices any nation has to make to achieve law and order.
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But people who really know me, know that I am not a bad boy at heart... I am a big teddy bear.
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Believe me, that was a happy age, before the days of architects, before the days of builders.
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Learn a lot about the world and finish things, even if it is just a short story. Finish it before you start something else. Finish it before you start rewriting it. That's really important.
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The cloud never comes from the quarter of the horizon from which we watch for it.
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Steve Jobs, Bill Gates and Mark Zuckerberg didn't finish college. Too much emphasis is placed on formal education - I told my children not to worry about their grades but to enjoy learning.
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In any relationship that comes to an end, there's never just a baseline reason why. You say, 'Oh, I broke up with my girlfriend.' Someone says, 'Why?' You say, 'Well, you got three hours? And then maybe after I tell you my version, you've got to talk to her.
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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.
