Tom Petty Quotes
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I'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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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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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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At the end of the day, you're just phonograph records.
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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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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.
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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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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Just wondering, waiting, worrying about some silly little things, that just don't add up to nothin'.
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I got my own way of praying.
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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
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I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times...
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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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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
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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...