John Mellencamp

You know, it's big letters and outlined in – it's done in black and outlined in yellow.

And it's the same fucking shit you see in New York or Los Angeles.

It's the same.

Right.

If you're going to be an artist, be an artist.

But it wasn't that way the first time I came to Austin.

So you decided on Fear Factor.

You go stay in here for three days and you win.

Well, there is a law in this country called vagrancy.

Mm-hmm.

Well, it would be—let me tell you something.

If you grew up in Seymour, Indiana, it's enforceable.

Because if you stand uptown too long, which all kids did back then, the cops would come up and go, hey, you've been here for three hours.

We've been timing you.

Move on.

Yeah, yeah.

Like I was, I don't know, I probably got sidetracked, but the first time I went there, I didn't leave my hotel room.

I was in a Holiday Inn on 57th Street, and I just kind of peeked through the curtains and looked and I thought, I can't go out there.

I mean, I was, you know, coming off agoraphobia and

And here I'm in New York because I have a meeting with some record company people.