111 Quotes by Don McLean

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 mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.

If something comes up I might write about it, but without an outlet the whole thing winds down.

In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

I'd listen to all the stuff that was going on around me and drift off into my fantasies about it. My fantasies have fuelled all the songs I've ever written.

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

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.

Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.

I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the wide, wide world wasn't something I ever thought about.