111 Quotes by Don McLean

A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.

And if she asks you why you can tell her that I told you That I'm tired of Castles in the Air I've got a dream I want the world to share in castle walls Just leave me to despair Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky A dream come true, I'll live there 'til I die I'm asking you, to say my last good-bye The love we knew, ain't worth another try

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.

I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away. And the three men I admire most, The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, They caught the last train to the coast The day the music died.

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

So when people ask me what American Pie means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening; a mystical trip into my past.

I still absolutely love it. I'm still having a ball. I still have the same feeling I had the first week.