Quotes by Don McLean

“This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you”

“So when people ask me what American Pie means, I tell them it means I dont ever have to work again if I dont want to.”

“I met a girl who sang the blues, And I asked her for some happy news; But she just smiled and turned away”

“American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. Thats why that song has found the niche that it has.”

“In a sense, American Pie was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.”

“People ask me if I left the lyrics open to ambiguity. Of course I did. I wanted to make a whole series of complex statements. The lyrics had to do with the state of society at the time.”

“American Pie was part of my process of self-awakening; a mystical trip into my past.”

“The Day the Music Died”

“The process got abused, ... So what do you do about it? Do you become cynical and turn your back on it, or do you do something about it?”

“Youve already decided the process.”

“The man creates a pseudonym and hides behind it like a worm”

“The velvet dodges of the hypocrit”

I actually feel Im in a much better place than Ive ever been because Im thankful people still love the songs that Ive written, and they seem to like me. And they come to the shows in droves, and they get all excited, and I can still hit all the notes, and I dont look terrible.