John Mellencamp

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1,985 appearances 2 recordings 2 series first heard Jan 2026 last heard 23 Feb

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The Joe Rogan Experience · #2438 - John Mellencamp · 14 Jan 2026 podcast

So, yeah.

Yeah, it was like, don't forget, Joe, it was like 1967, 66.

You weren't even born yet.

Yeah, so this was like 1967.

So, you know, so from that time on until I turned 21, I was 21 when I quit using drugs and quit smoking, quit drinking.

Not a drop.

Well, you know, I think I've thought about it and I think that I didn't really like it that much.

You know, as much as I thought I did.

Yeah, will do you in.

This is it.

Well, listen, I struggled with that probably like you did or he did.

Yeah.

You know, there's a point in a man's life where he feels like there's got to be more to life than this.

I mean, I had huge hit records and, you know, very, very, very, very, very lucky, very lucky.

You know, everything was just lucky.

And I would go home and I would think,

I'm not happy.

There's got to be more to life than this.

And then guess what happened?

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