Tom Petty Quotes
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I started playing the bass because nobody else would play the bass, and then I got bumped up into singing because no one else really wanted to sing. So I learned how to sing and I wrote the songs, so I tended to get the most attention.
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I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does.
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There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.
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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
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I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there is to get out of this group of people.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.
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I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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You're dealing in magic-it's this intangible thing that has to happen. And to seek it out too much might not be a good idea. Because, you know, it's very shy, too. But once you've got the essence of them, you can work songs and improve them. You see if there's a better word, or a better change.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
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Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint...
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If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I always tell my kids, "Find something that you love and within that you'll find some job that you can do and you'll always be happy. You'll go to a job that you want to go to."
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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Songwriting ability is a gift. After a while, you come to realize, "I've really been blessed. I can write these things and it makes me happy, and it makes millions of people happy." It's an obligation, it's bigger than you. It's the only true magic I know. It's not pulling a rabbit out of a hat; it's real. It's your soul floating out to theirs.
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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.
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I wouldn't want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don't mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.