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
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.
touched deep-inside died
Something touched me deep inside The day the music died.
sadness men heartache
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.
games fire devil
Jack be nimble, Jack be quick, Jack sat on a candle stick, cause fire is the devil's only friend.
needs deeds adages
Each thread of life that you leave, will spin around your deeds and dictate your needs.
kids pneumonia obvious
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.
different albums records
I don't relate to what's left of the music business. There doesn't seem to be any point to it anymore. The business that I grew up in and loved, we made records a different way - there were record companies, there were stores where you could buy albums.
play guitar family-and-friends
I got my first guitar when I was 16. I'd play for my family and friends, but taking that guitar out there into the wide, wide world wasn't something I ever thought about.