Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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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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I was just writing songs because, if a song shows up, you've gotta write it. I didn't know what to do with them. I didn't have any faith in my voice.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.
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I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times...
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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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We still go over calls, ... It is hard in plain clothes to jump in because people will ask, 'Who is this guy?'
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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We think the barns are a statewide significance...
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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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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 got my own way of praying.
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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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I love history, doesn't matter what era, I'm fascinated.
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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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I found myself not jumping in (to assist) as often if someone did not have that (corrections) background.
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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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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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Nobody's intention is to ever have it fall onto the county...
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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.
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They key thing (for trainees) is preparing them to be on their own.