111 Quotes by Don McLean

I don’t relate to what’s left of the music business. There doesn’t seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew up in and loved, we made records a different way – there were record companies, there were stores where you could buy albums.

Some believe in Jesus, they don’t act like they do. Some believe in Mohammed, I don’t believe that’s true. Cause they do believe in money, and gold is what it’s for, all the gold can’t buy no peace of mind in a world that don’t believe in nothing anymore.

I developed this fantasy world. I found that that was much more fun and more interesting and exciting than real life was to me. Then, once I got the guitar going when I was a teenager, I set sail for the direction I’ve been in my whole life.

I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you’re around every second.

The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn’t brought up that way.

When I go on the road now, which is less than before, but still more than I’d like to, I think of myself primarily as a singer. Not a songwriter, not a celebrity, just a man who likes to sing.

I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I’d have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country, kind of like a Johnny Appleseed, and sing.

I am what I do, and that’s partly why I don’t want to give up singing. But when I can’t sing well, I will.

How did the land of Jefferson, how did the land of King, become the land of hamburgers and raisins that can sing? Roosevelt was cripple, Lincoln was a geek, they’d never get elected, their clothes were never chic.