I want to sell to people my own age, because thats the way I write songs. – 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
You know, its cigarettes that killed (Jerry) Garcia. Everyone thinks its heroin, but it wasnt. It was cigarettes. – John Mellencamp
Do I think its OK to fight authority as long as youre only talking about the high school teacher? No. – John Mellencamp
But look, I was born in 1956, the peak year for births in US history. I think Im very representative of many of the thought processes my generation have been through and, by and large, people of my age have had their imprint planted on the consciousness of western society for a long time. – Tom Hanks