Tom Petty Quotes
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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 can't crawl any further. You never crawled for me.
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She grew up hard and she grew up fast, in the age of television.
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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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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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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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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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I love the music. I'm never, ever tired of playing it.
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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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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'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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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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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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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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Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
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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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I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.