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John Mellencamp

"This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it."

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"This is not a rock opera. This is not Tommy. I can write songs that emote, and that's it."

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"Opera is a beautiful and important diversion for me."

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"Later, I even appeared in a Rock Opera with Richard Gere."

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"Well, opera began with an intent to resuscitate Greek drama, that is, modern opera as we know it."

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"Many years ago I was in another soap opera called The Newcomers which was on twice a week for three years. I really don't think I could do another stint like that again."

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"We're a very expensive group; we break a lot of rules. It's unheard of to combine opera with a rock theme, my dear ."

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Amber Hurdle

"I really wanted to be an opera soprano."

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Amber Hurdle

"A show like Knots or any other show that can be called a soap opera does terribly in syndication because if you're a viewer and you miss a week you don't know what's going on."

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Amber Hurdle

"The opera tells the story with all the built-in contradictions and from many different angles."

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Amber Hurdle

"I don't think an opera house is ever a place that can make you entirely happy."

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Amber Hurdle

"I sang opera, I sang show tunes. I got into a rock band for a while. I've sung a lot of different things."

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"I'm wide open and will entertain anything anybody has to say, but if it's MTV and radio, well, they're great things, but can't be the only thing. I don't know that it would work even for the Beatles."
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"I would never say John Kerry would be a great president. I will say that George Bush has divided us; he has filled this country with hatred."
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"I'm using my art to comment on what I see. You don't have to agree with it."
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"What is there to be afraid of? The worst thing that can happen is you fail. So what? I failed at a lot of things. My first record was horrible."
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"I thought I knew a lot about music. Then you start digging and the deeper you go, the more there is."
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"When people are afraid, they make emotional decisions."
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"I'm your average Joe guy. I don't really care for politicians."
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"People have the right to say what they want to."
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"If fans are going to turn on me because of this, they weren't my fans anyway. I couldn't betray a whole 25 years of record making and not do this. I had to."
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"I don't have to worry about any pop sensibility. I can write adult songs, and I don't have to worry about choruses and hook lines."
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