What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible.
– 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. I'm 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 want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs.
– John Mellencamp
I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty it fights dirty.
– John Mellencamp
Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No.