Don McLean
Don McLean
Donald "Don" McLean IIIis an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the songs "American Pie" and "Vincent"...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPop Singer
Date of Birth2 October 1945
CityNew Rochelle, NY
CountryUnited States of America
art play media
Devoid of all romance, the music plays and everyone must dance. I'm bowing out.
fall eight musical
The Byrds flew off the fallout shelter, eight miles high and falling fast.
flower eye night
Starry, starry night, flaming flowers that brightly blaze, swirling clouds in violet haze reflect Vincent's eyes of china blue.
reality church-bells broken
Not a word was spoken. The church bells all were broken.
hippie chance
We all got up to dance. Oh, but we never got the chance!
beautiful suicidal night
And when no hope was left inside on that starry, starry night, you took your life as lovers often do. But I could have told you, Vincent, this world was never meant for one as beautiful as you.
laughing delight saws
I saw satan laughing with delight The day the music died.
song thinking hands
Because of an off-hand funny comment I made backstage at a concert years ago, a story circulated that the song has been a burden and even that I didn’t sing it for a while. That’s completely false. I am very proud of ‘American Pie’ and the many satellites that grow from it and revolve around it. For many years I carried my songs around and now they carry me around. I have always sung ‘American Pie’ for my audience and would never think of disappointing them since it is they who have given me a wonderful life and untold affection for almost 30 years.
children lovers poet
In the streets the children screamed. The lovers cried, and the poets dreamed
steps news american-pie
Bad news on the doorstep;I couldn’t take one more step
music player yield
...And as the players tried to take the field, the Marching Band refused to yield...
song loss pie
American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.
summer song eye
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.
thinking people important
I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.