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Don McLean Biography

Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter. He is best known for his 1971 song "American Pie", which was a number-one US hit for four weeks in 1972, and a hit for Madonna in 2000. McLean's other well-known songs include: "And I Love You So", sung by Elvis Presley and Glen Campbell, among others; "Vincent", a tribute to the 19th-century Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh; and "Castles in the Air", which McLean recorded twice. In 2004, he was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame.

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I had asthma when I was a kid, asthma so bad that it would turn into pneumonia and I almost died several times. Nobody knew why back then, but now it's obvious.

Back, Bad, Kid, Kids, Obvious, Pneumonia

All you gotta do is think of the song in your head. And it doesn't matter whether you can play it or not, you can get somebody to play it. With songs I've written, there's a song called "The Statue", which I can't play. There are songs that I've written that I've actually just hummed on - there's a song on one of the albums they have there on the Internet called "My Love Was True" and it's almost operatic. I can't play it. But I can sing it.

Actually, Head, Internet, Song, Songs, Thinking

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

Loss, Pie, Song, Speaks

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, Ask, Course, Make, Music, People

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

Dream, Forest, Live, Philosophy, Sky, Til

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

Beautiful, Meant, Romantic, Survival, World

Starry Starry night Paint your palette blue and gray Look out on a summer's day With eyes that know the darkness in my soul Shadows on the hills Sketch the trees and the daffodils Catch the breeze and the winter chills In colors on the snowy linen land.

Eye, Linen, Sketch, Song, Summer, Winter

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

Given, Mean, Stuck, World

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.

Angel, Art, Break, Hell, Media, Watched

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

1970, Autumn, Classrooms, Jobs, School, Singing

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

Children, Dreamed, Lovers, Poet, Poets

You're going to be buying your ticket with your heartache, you're gonna be payin' the man with your dues. You're gonna be living alone when you hear that whistle moan, you're gonna be learnin' to live with the blues.

Buying, Dues, Heartache, Learnin, Men, Sadness

I was always just into my music and maybe into trying to save the world a little bit. I never really thought I'd have a hit record or anything like that. I was prepared to travel around all over the country, kind of like a Johnny Appleseed, and sing.

Country, Hit, Records, Save, Trying

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

Brightly, Eye, Flower, Night, Reflect, Swirling

It's really hard to teach me anything. I can't read music. I never learned how to read music. I read books about things and try to learn - I don't like to learn from anybody. Later on I would, once I'd get the hang of things. Like I ride horses, I'm good at that, Western riding. I learned all about it reading and studying. I'm always learning about horses, I like that.

Book, Horse, Horses, Reading, Teach, Western

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

Important, Longevity, People, Realize, Think, Thinking

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

Enslaved, Face, Forever, Grateful, People, Saved

Bye, Bye Miss American Pie, drove my chevy to the levy but the levy was dry. Good old boys drinking whiskey and rye, singing, this'll be the day that I die.

Boys, Bye, Drinking, Good, Levy, Miss

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

Blood, Dust, Hands, Soil, Work

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

Long, Make, Remember, Rock And Roll, Use

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