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.
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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.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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.
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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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.
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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
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If you don't run, you rust.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.
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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.
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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
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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.
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'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.
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I don't think it's a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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I think it's important to always offer something new.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.
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She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.
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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.
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He [George Harrison] told me he really, really admired John [Lennon]. He probably wanted John's acceptance pretty bad, you know?
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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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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