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
kings land clothes
How did the land of Jefferson, how did the land of King, become the land of hamburgers and raisins that can sing? Roosevelt was cripple, Lincoln was a geek, they'd never get elected, their clothes were never chic.
girl song father
I met a girl who sang the blues and I asked her for some happy news, but she just smiled and turned away. And the three men I admire most, The Father, Son, and the Holy Ghost, They caught the last train to the coast The day the music died.
hippie believe rocks
Do you believe in rock 'n roll? Can music save your mortal soul?
country trying world
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.
mean pie people
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.
If something comes up I might write about it, but without an outlet the whole thing winds down.
mystical process trip
American Pie' was part of my process of self-awakening; a mystical trip into my past.
again ask means people pie work
So 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.
asked girl happy met sang smiled turned
I met a girl who sang the blues, And I asked her for some happy news; But she just smiled and turned away