Tom Petty Quotes
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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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'm barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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If you look around at America, that's one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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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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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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But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.
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My mama was a rocker way back in fifty-three, buys them old records that they sell on TV.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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I got my own way of praying.
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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.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don't take life for granted any more. I'm really glad to be here.
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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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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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At the end of the day, you're just phonograph records.
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Well, I started out down a dirty road Started out all alone And the sun went down as I crossed the hill And the town lit up, the world got still I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well, the good ol' days may not return And the rocks might melt and the sea may burn I'm learning to fly but I ain't got wings Coming down is the hardest thing Well, some say life will beat you down Break your heart, steal your crown So I've started out for God knows where I guess I'll know when I get there I'm learning to fly around the clouds But what goes up must come down
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I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times...
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It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.