In a Q&A in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionaire, John Mellencamp reveals a preference to have his life end with a '...long and lingering death' so he has time for parting conversation. Of course the notoriously sullen and sarcastic Rocker also answered the question about his most marked characteristic with, 'My pleasing, positive, upbeat personality' and the one about what he most disliked about his appearance by sniping 'My appearance'. Responding to one inquiring about a talent he wished he had by confessing he wished he was a better people person and quickly qualified the remark by adding, '...but I know I have not been put on this earth to have small talk at tea parties.'
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