Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I got my own way of praying.
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I loved Mal Evans holding one note down on You Won't See Me from Rubber Soul.
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I'm playing 10 feet from Mike Campbell every night. I look across the stage, there's Howie. Tom's in the middle and we're playing all this stuff I love. It's great.
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If you stretch your imagination, I'll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn't up for sale.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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I ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times...
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.
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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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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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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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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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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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Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
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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 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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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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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.