Don McLean Quotes

"In a sense, 'American Pie' was a very despairing song but it can also be seen as very hopeful."
- Don McLean
(Related: Sense, Song)

"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."
- Don McLean
(Related: Society, Time, People, Ambiguity, Open, State)