Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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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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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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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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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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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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They key thing (for trainees) is preparing them to be on their own.
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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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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I'll know when I get there.
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I quit college and neglected to tell my dad.
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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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You and I will meet again, When we're least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won't say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar - because cowboys played the guitar.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free...
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She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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I loved working with Bob Dylan.
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Take back your insurance, baby, nothing is guaranteed. Take back your acid rain, let your TV bleed.
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The truth is that if you play on TV there is always a sponsor. There is no way around it. I've already passed on so much money I don't worry about it anymore.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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When you kill somebody's little sister with a missile, he's going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There's not some trick involved with it. It's pure and it's real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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A rebel without a clue.