A Quote by John Mellencamp

A lot of Woody Guthrie's songs were taken from other songs. He would rework the melody and lyrics, and all of a sudden it was a Woody Guthrie song.

John Mellencamp

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John Mellencamp
American - Musician
Born: October 7, 1951

We don't need another Woody. Even Bob Dylan knew he couldn't be Woody Guthrie... I like Woody Guthrie fine, but I don't need the 50th generation version of it.

Buzz Osborne

In writing songs, I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.

Bob Dylan

The first songs I learned were 'It Takes a Worried Man' and Woody Guthrie's 'Grand Coulee Dam,' 'Rock Island Line' - those kind of American folk songs that were probably on the edge of blues. After that was Eddie Cochran and Chuck Berry songs. And then I heard Muddy Waters, Jimmy Reed and Big Bill Broonzy on the radio.

Rory Gallagher

I have two mini huskies called Woody Guthrie and Edison Guthrie.

Dhani Harrison

You could listen to Woody Guthrie songs and actually learn how to live.

Bob Dylan

I fell in love with folk music at Surprise Lake Camp. It was the songs of Woody Guthrie and the Weavers.

Neil Diamond

What I'm doing is basically the same as Bob Dylan did with folk songs and Woody Guthrie songs, the same as folk music's always done. I'm not going to sing about ploughing, but I'll write a song that sounds like it should be about ploughing.

Justin Townes Earle

My best songs were written very quickly. Just about as much time as it takes to write it down is about as long as it takes to write it...In writing songs I've learned as much from Cezanne as I have from Woody Guthrie...It's not me, it's the songs. I'm just the postman, I deliver the songs...I consider myself a poet first and a musician second. I live like a poet and I'll die like a poet.

Bob Dylan

I've always been a big fan of how Woody Guthrie wrote political songs like 'This Land is Your Land.'

Ryan Bingham

The Gulf Stream waters of Woody Guthrie's famous song were strung with columns of oil that were several miles long.

James Lee

People were talking about songs of the common man in order to make the common man. With Woody Guthrie and Lead Belly, they were so common it was just uncommon.

Arlo Guthrie

I can remember back as far as age 8, performing with the Boston Folk Song Society. It was a Woody Guthrie song.

Frank Black

It sounds like something from a Woody Guthrie song, but it's true; I was raised in a freight car.

Merle Haggard

The Woody Guthrie 'Dust Bowl' tunes were really fascinating.

Ry Cooder

My musical heroes are people like Pete Seeger and Woody Guthrie who wrote and sang real songs for real people; for everyone, old, young, and in between.

Tom Chapin

Woody Guthrie was what folks who don't believe in anything would call an anomaly.

Steve Earle

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