Tom Petty Quotes
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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 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 don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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Running down a dream... working on a mystery... going wherever it leads.
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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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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won't back down.
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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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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 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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I'm not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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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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Let's get to the point Let's roll another joint...
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Some grow young, some grow cold...
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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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I'm always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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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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We could move catalog, if he'd only die quicker.
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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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No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.