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Don McLean quotes: This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

This world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.

Don McLean quotes: Jerusalem is old, Jerusalem is new, Jerusalem can hold Moslem, Christian, Jew.

Jerusalem is old, Jerusalem is new, Jerusalem can hold Moslem, Christian, Jew.

Don McLean quotes: The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.

The kids today all seem to think they should be stars, but I wasn't brought up that way.

Don McLean quotes: I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.

I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.

Don McLean quotes: They don't keep their promises in the promised land, its getting mighty hard to find an honest man.

They don't keep their promises in the promised land, its getting mighty hard to find an honest man.

Don McLean quotes: Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.

Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.

Don McLean quotes: If something comes up I might write about it, but without an outlet the whole thing winds down.

If something comes up I might write about it, but without an outlet the whole thing winds down.

Don McLean quotes: My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have saved.

My face on every coin engraved, the anarchists are all enslaved. My flag is forever waved, by the grateful people I have saved.

Don McLean quotes: I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.

I mean, I've been given a terrific life by the audiences who stuck with me all over the world.

Don McLean quotes: Devoid of all romance, the music plays and everyone must dance. I'm bowing out.

Devoid of all romance, the music plays and everyone must dance. I'm bowing out.

Don McLean quotes: I saw satan laughing with delightThe day the music died.

I saw satan laughing with delight
The day the music died.

Don McLean quotes: There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space.

There we were all in one place, a generation lost in space.

Don McLean quotes: As I watched him on the stage, my hands were clinched in fists of rage. No angel born in hell, could break that Satan's spell.

As I watched him on the stage, my hands were clinched in fists of rage. No angel born in hell, could break that Satan's spell.

Don McLean quotes: Faces come and faces go in circular rotation.But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation.

Faces come and faces go in circular rotation.But something yearns within to grow beyond infatuation.

Don McLean quotes: Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?

Don McLean quotes: Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil's only friend.

Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil's only friend.

Don McLean quotes: In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.

In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.

Don McLean quotes: I have a weird sense sometimes of what's going to happen before it happens, and I kind of live by that, which is how my instincts operate, I suppose.

I have a weird sense sometimes of what's going to happen before it happens, and I kind of live by that, which is how my instincts operate, I suppose.

Don McLean quotes: When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

When people ask me what 'American Pie' means, I tell them it means I don't ever have to work again if I don't want to.

Don McLean quotes: And as the players tried to take the field, the Marching Band refused to yield ...

And as the players tried to take the field, the Marching Band refused to yield ...

Don McLean quotes: Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living.

Every thread of creation is held in position by still other strands of things living.

Don McLean quotes: Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken.

Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken.

Don McLean quotes: The Byrds flew off the fallout shelter, eight miles high and falling fast.

The Byrds flew off the fallout shelter, eight miles high and falling fast.

Don McLean quotes: Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.

Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.

Don McLean quotes: A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.

A long long time ago, I can still remember how that music use to make me smile.

Don McLean quotes: I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.

I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.

Don McLean quotes: In the streets the children screamed. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed

In the streets the children screamed. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed

Don McLean quotes: We all got up to dance. Oh, but we never got the chance!

We all got up to dance. Oh, but we never got the chance!

Don McLean quotes: Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn't take one more step

Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn't take one more step

Don McLean quotes: Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?

Do you recall what was revealed the day the music died?

Don McLean quotes: That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical trip into my past.

That song didn't just happen. It grew out of my experiences. 'American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening: a mystical trip into my past.

Don McLean quotes: American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.

American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.

Don McLean quotes: Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.

Work my hands in the soil, what's the pay for all the toil? Dust for blood, dust for blood, dust for blood.

Don McLean quotes: Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, a dream come true, I'll live there til I die.

Hills of forest green where the mountains touch the sky, a dream come true, I'll live there til I die.

Don McLean quotes: I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I would call 'Don McLean' when I was probably in high school.

I just started playing guitar and started singing and started working on this act that I would call 'Don McLean' when I was probably in high school.

Don McLean quotes: I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

I am what I do, and that's partly why I don't want to give up singing. But when I can't sing well, I will.

Don McLean quotes: Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

Drove my chevy to the levee but the levee was dry.

Don McLean quotes: Something touched me deep inside The day the music died.

Something touched me deep inside The day the music died.

Don McLean quotes: In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful.

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

Don McLean quotes: Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.

Over the years I've had more and more of an association with Nashville.