John Mellencamp

We have to make the song undeniable.

Because if you give them an inch, they'll find a fucking reason not to do it.

You had four really talented people in that band.

And it showed because some of the songs, hear me out, some of the songs, it was good for my generation because we went from cartoons to

to rock and roll.

So in a town where I was born lived a man who sailed the seas.

It was a cartoon.

And the guy that produced Martin, the guy that produced the Beatles, up until that point, he made comedy records.

He made comedy records and cartoons.

And so...

That's, at least that's my understanding.

And he brought that to them, you know.

And, you know, you have four guys writing songs.

It's a lot better than John Mellencamp writing songs.

I'll tell you that.

You know, so.

I have said for years, I'm not for anybody anymore.

If you're coming to my show, and this is when I started playing theaters, if you're coming to my show to hear all these hits, you're not going to.

But that's why, after 20 years, I'm gonna go back out and I'm gonna play nothing but hits for two and a half hours.

That's how many hit records I've had.