If I laugh a couple of times a day, I'm doing good. People think it's their God-given right to be happy, and it's just not. It's something you've got to work at. I like to paint the human condition, and the human condition is not smiles and happy people.
タグ: people, you, good, work

"John Mellencamp"の他の名言

Life should never be viewed from the vantage point of achievements. It is total folly.
タグ: should, point, never, life
We could walk 3 minutes and be on the beach. I think the music kind of suffered because of it. It kind of smelled like Jimmy Buffett, which is a bad thing.
タグ: bad, think, walk, music
It's my responsibility as a singer-songwriter to report the news.
タグ: report, news, responsibility
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.
タグ: wealth, research, son, people
A lot of the time, I write in the third person, but I'm mostly describing my own ordeals. When those unsettled struggles prey on your mind, you become haunted. To get free, you must defeat your ghosts.
タグ: free, mind, time, you
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