Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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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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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you'll pay for what you used to get for free.
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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin' in and I'm Tired of this town again...
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I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.
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I'm not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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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 ain't really sure, but it seems I remember the good times...
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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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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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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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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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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you'll be a happy person.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I've always written songs since I was a kid - always.
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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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Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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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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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But not me, baby, I've got you to save me.
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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 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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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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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It's hard to find a friend. It's hard to find a friend.