Tom Petty Quotes

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  • I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.

    Tavis Smiley, www.pbs.org. June 15, 2010.
  • I'm more interested in what I'm going to leave behind me than in making a big hit record. I've refined what I do for a long time. If getting better at it means it goes over the heads of those who only wanted to party, then so be it.

  • Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.

    Song: Dreamville, Album: The Last DJ
  • I'm not any happier anywhere than when I'm in the studio. I'm over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.

    "Tom Petty: A Portrait Of The Artist". The Billboard Interview, www.billboard.com. November 28, 2005.
  • Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.

  • I would never put my songs in a commercial.

  • It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.

  • I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it's such a drag when you're livin' in the past

    Song: Even The Losers
  • If you don't run, you rust.

    Song: Big Weekend, Album: Highway Companion, 2006
  • As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.

    Song: The Last DJ, Album: The Last DJ
  • My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she's a swinger dating a singer, I can't decide which is worse.

  • Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again

    Song: Mary Jane's Last Dance
  • Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?

    Song: It's Good To Be King, Album: Wildflowers, 1994
  • Most things I worry about never happen anyway.

    Song: Crawling Back To You, Album: Wildflowers, 1994
  • That's stupid. You couldn't pay me to go. I'm not oversimplifying it. That's what's going on. I don't think it would be any fun without the drugs. It's a drug party.

    "Tom Petty: 'My boy band was The Beatles'". Interview with Edna Gundersen, www.usatoday.com. July 24, 2014.
  • 'Free Fallin'' is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn't become this huge anthem. But I'm grateful that people like it.

    "Tom Petty: What I've Learned". Interview with Mike Sager, www.esquire.com. August 2006.
  • I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.

    "10 Things That Piss Off Tom Petty". Interview with David Wild, www.rollingstone.com. November 14, 2002.
  • Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.

    Song: Even the Losers
  • I have never been comfortable being the front man.

    Source: www.pbs.org
  • I think it's important to always offer something new.

    Source: www.pbs.org
  • Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.

  • No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.

  • She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.

  • We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.

  • I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.

  • Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.

  • He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?

  • I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

  • I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.

    "Tom Petty Is Pissed". Rolling Stone Interview, October 23, 2002.
  • Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.

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Tom Petty

  • Born: October 20, 1950
  • Occupation: Musician