Tom Petty Quotes
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She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.
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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'm tired of screwing up. I'm tired of being down. I'm tired of myself. I'm tired of bein' down.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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I can't crawl any further. You never crawled for me.
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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.
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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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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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I love the music. I'm never, ever tired of playing it.
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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You spend your life dreaming, running 'round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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It’s very uncomfortable to hear them used when I don’t agree with what’s being said. But I recognize that those songs have entered into a bigger life, a life all their own. They belong to the audience. How they’re used isn’t always something I can control.
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We don't really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we've been taken for granted.
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I'm learning to fly, but I ain't got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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I've never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I'm pleasantly surprised when it does.
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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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If you don't run, you rust.
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When I met Elvis, we didn't really have a conversation. I was introduced by my uncle, and he sort of grunted my way. What stays with me is the whole scene. I had never seen a real mob scene before. I was really young and impressionable. Elvis really did look - he looked sort of not real, as if he were glowing.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock 'n' roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
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I didn't worry about my career ending, but there were days where I felt pretty beat up by it all and just pretty tired, because they didn't make it easy for me. And coming right off the last lawsuit, it was the last thing I wanted to get involved in. When it was over, we didn't really celebrate, we were just exhausted. I lost all interest in the record business and never wanted to do anything except hand in a record again.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.