Tom Petty Quotes
When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.
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We want a story that starts out with an earthquake and works its way up to a climax.
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Having an understanding of what's possible also makes me redouble my efforts to fight those who stand in the way of doing the things that my constituents and the country would want to get done.
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I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.
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I'm just a musician and a record producer.
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That's what film can do in a way that TV and other long-form storytelling can't. It gives you this very immersive moment.
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I like to release music the way I feel it, as opposed to having a date. The idea of dates, boxes, categories are very scary for me.
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Writing is my way of expressing - and thereby eliminating - all the various ways we can be wrong-headed.
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I developed an optical lure that imitates certain types of bioluminescent displays that I think might be attractive to large predators. The other way to do it is just use dead bait, but I think dead bait attracts scavengers, and we wanted to attract active predators.
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Fantasy is sort of a blank slate that everybody can project their own culture onto. Everybody can read it in their own way.
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Anyone who knows me knows that I'm way more of a joker than I am a serious person.
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I took a 51 day trip through Asia; 12 countries and 26 cities. I traveled for 51 days. So, it was everywhere from Sri Lanka and that all the way to Japan, where we ended it.
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As is always the way with pancakes, the first hotcake to come out of the pan will probably be a bit misshapen. Just scoff it, and carry on with the rest.
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I had casually rented an apartment that cost $75 a month because I expected my writing to pay my way.
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My husband is not a jealous person in any way.
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Every individual has his own style, his own way of presenting himself on and off the field.
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Government can do best by simply getting out of the way.
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You see, I was never stage-struck the way most girls were.
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All labels are offensive in some way.
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I'm a bass player from way back and Paul is a guitar player and we've been in many bands.
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For me it's a simple sport and a simple way to live these seven or eight years of maximum sport.
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You’re supposed to get more conservative in your tastes as you get older, but I tend to go the other way. I listen to stuff that’s two steps away from white noise. But I must admit that I’ve been so busy with Napalm and personal things in recent years that I’ve not dug down into what’s going on. I’m a little disconnected at the minute but it’s not through choice, it’s through circumstance. Generally speaking, anything that’s nasty, horrible and confrontational is my bag.
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Material success is rewarding and a lot of fun, but it's not the most important thing in my life because I know when this is all over, the Master isn't going to ask me how many things I owned or how many television shows I did. I think the questions will be, What did I do to make a difference? Did I learn to live with love in my heart?
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When I decided to be a musician I reckoned that that was going to be the way of less profit, less money. I was sort of giving up the idea of making a lot of money. It was what I loved to do. I would have done it anyway. If I'd had to work at Taco Bell I'd have still been out at night trying to play music.
