John Mellencamp
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
And, you know, like I believe that all growth takes place in the chemicals inside our body.
So I was growing still because I grew up in public.
You know, I mean, I literally grew up.
When I got my first record deal, Joe, I had never written a song.
They asked me, well, play some of the songs you've written.
It's like, I don't write no fucking songs.
I sing other people's songs.
What do you want me to write for?
Dylan's writing great songs.
Which means I can't read.
You should see my songwriting books.
It's absolutely terrible.
It looks like I have to have somebody now after I write a song.
I have to give it to somebody right away and let them copy it and I'll read it to them so that we can read what I wrote.
Because songwriting is not what people think it is.