Tom Petty Quotes
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Eddie waited 'til he finished high school, he went to Hollywood, got a tattoo.
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It just seems to useless to have to work so hard, and nothing ever really seem to come from it.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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I think it's important to always offer something new.
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Whatever you're looking for, don't come around here no more.
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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 never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it's so hard to kick it.
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I don't believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there. And I think a lot of these young kids are going to have to learn the hard way before they realize that you can actually do some damage if you're being careless or frivolous in what you're saying.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I'm concerned, that's success.
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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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I like a good beer. Of course, I'll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel's remedy.
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I think for it to be unhip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me had some sense of hope in them.
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I'm frustrated by what I hear. Maybe it's not meant for me. Personally, I'm way too bright for a lot of the hip-hop lyrics to affect. I'm much too smart to think that jewelry or how cool I am is really going to change much about my personality. If you're dumb enough that it entertains you, have a great time. But I am seeking more than that.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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If we're born in God's image, then God knows how we can fuck up. And he knows that you really didn't mean it.
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I'm actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I've had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I'm paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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I don't understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That's not gonna work out, you know? It's a waste of your time!
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can't stay long.
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An act like ours wouldn't even be around today if someone hadn't brought us along and let us make mistakes and grow at our own pace. Today it seems that if you don't have a hit - or even if you do - they have no use for you the next time.
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The music has to be affordable. It's the common man that keeps it going, and if you price it out of his realm, it becomes a thing of the elite.