Don McLean — American Musician born on October 02, 1945,

Donald "Don" McLean III is an American singer-songwriter best known for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the songs "American Pie" and "Vincent"... (wikipedia)

I think longevity is more important than trying to make people realize you're around every second.
I'm glad that my music has helped other people as it's helped me. It makes me glad that I did what I did with my life.
I developed this fantasy world. I found that that was much more fun and more interesting and exciting than real life was to me. Then, once I got the guitar going when I was a teenager, I set sail for the direction I've been in my whole life.
American Pie speaks to the loss that we feel. That's why that song has found the niche that it has.
In the autumn of 1970 I had a job singing in the school system, playing my guitar in classrooms.