John Mellencamp
👤 SpeakerAppearances Over Time
Podcast Appearances
See, and you know what?
I walk in my house sometimes and I look around and think, I get to fucking live here.
I get to fucking live here.
I think that all the time, yeah.
And how lucky I am to have had that kind of success from such a horrible beginning as Johnny Cougar.
And, you know, to be able to, you know—
Dude, I've done what I wanted to do ever since I decided, fuck you guys.
After American Fool came out and those songs became hits, nobody has ever said shit to me about anything.
Well, they realized they were wrong.
Well, those guys, I'm sure, are out of business.
And I have to kind of smile...
about the rock critics because it got to the point where I had such, so many songs on the radio that they couldn't ignore it anymore.
You were undeniable, yeah.
And you know what, that's the word I used to say.
That's the key to success.
That's the word I used to say to the guys and the men.