Tom Petty Quotes
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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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I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.
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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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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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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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There's a freeway running through the yard.
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Most magic is a trick, an illusion. But [when The Beatles played the Ed Sullivan Show], this was real. Man oh man, was it real.
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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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I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Way up in the nosebleeds we watched him on the screen, they'd hung between the billboards so cheaper seats could see.
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Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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Just wondering, waiting, worrying about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'.
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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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If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.
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I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times...
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I'm certainly not a Robin Hood, I'm not that way. I don't want to come through, burn everybody for $200 a ticket and then they can't afford to come see me again. Plus, I just don't think it's right. I don't think we need that much money. I just do what seems like the logical thing to do.
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Yeah and it's over before you know it It all goes by so fast Yeah the bad nights take forever And the good nights don't ever seem to last...
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I'm not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there.