Tom Petty Quotes
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We haven't always been boy scouts, but we never lost sight of the music, Let me remind you that this ain't the end.
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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again...
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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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I'm more interested in what I'm going to leave behind me than in making a big hit record. I've refined what I do for a long time. If getting better at it means it goes over the heads of those who only wanted to party, then so be it.
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But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.
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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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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 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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The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already passed on so much money I don't worry about it anymore.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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It's funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can't afford the music.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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A rebel without a clue.
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Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there.
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I'm not any happier anywhere than when I'm in the studio. I'm over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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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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What I've learned about marriage: You need to have each other's back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.