214 Quotes by John Mellencamp

The reason I said the Internet is dangerous is that a couple smart guys could hack into a computer and shut down the Eastern seaboard if they wanted to. It's a terrible, out-of-control thing.

All the women in the world want a phony rock star who plays guitar.

People have the right to say what they want to.

My thought was I should try to stick with names that people may recognize like Robert Johnson, Son House, and Hoagy Carmichael, so if somebody cared to research, they would find a wealth of material.

When you live in hysteria, people start thinking emotionally.

I know there's a balance/I see it when I swing past.

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.

Grandma's on the front porch with a Bible in her hand, sometimes I hear her singing take me to the promised land.

When you live life for yourself it's hard on everyone. And that hasn't changed. For me, if anything, it's gotten worse.