Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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We think the barns are a statewide significance...
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Working with Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson takes you up another level.
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At the end of the day, you're just phonograph records.
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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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Bring me a girl, they're always the best. You put 'em on stage, and you have 'em undress.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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.
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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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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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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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She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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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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I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.
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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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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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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there.
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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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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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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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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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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.