You know, its cigarettes that killed (Jerry) Garcia. Everyone thinks its heroin, but it wasnt. It was cigarettes. – John Mellencamp
You cannot expect the guy who drove the car into the ditch to navigate it out of the ditch. You have to put a new driver in the seat. Im not saying the new driver is going to be any better, but we need a new driver. Kerry is the only choice. – John Mellencamp
I dont want to be a politician. I dont like politics. Its petty it fights dirty. – John Mellencamp
Do I think its OK to fight authority as long as youre only talking about the high school teacher? No. – John Mellencamp
The Germans are the most philosophic people in the world, and the greatest smokers: now I trace their philosophy to their smoking. Smoking has a sedative effect upon the nerves, and enables a man to bear the sorrows of this life (of which every one has his share) not only decently, but dignifiedly. – George Borrow