John Mellencamp

"I want to sell to people my own age, because that's the way I write songs."

"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."

"I don't want to be a politician. I don't like politics. It's petty it fights dirty."

"Do I think it's OK to fight authority as long as you're only talking about the high school teacher? No."