Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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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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I loved working with Bob Dylan.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
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There used to be this real sense of community integrity in rock. It has really eroded. Everyone seems to be on their own now.
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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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The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.
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I'm certainly not a Robin Hood, I'm not that way. I don't want to come through, burn everybody for $200 a ticket and then they can't afford to come see me again. Plus, I just don't think it's right. I don't think we need that much money. I just do what seems like the logical thing to do.
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you've always got a different ache or pain.
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I'm not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that's become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I'll get you back someday.
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I don't treat the band like I'm above them or that they're a hired hand for me. We've never worked that way. So I'm a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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It's very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it's really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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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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Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
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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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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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If 20,000 people start to sing, you tend to go along with it.
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I've learned one thing, and that's to quit worrying about stupid things. You have four years to be irresponsible here, relax. Work is for people with jobs. You'll never remember class time, but you'll remember the time you wasted hanging out with your friends. So stay out late. Go out with your friends on a Tuesday when you have a paper due on Wednesday. Spend money you don't have. Drink 'til sunrise. The work never ends, but college does.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I'm gonna stand my ground, and I won't back down.
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Artists aren't necessarily business people. And they aren't necessarily aware of all the things that go on in their names. Some just want to make some music, but there is a lot of greed among artists as well. Whether or not we know it, we are all to blame. I think it's time - starting with the artist - to try to be a little more responsible and aware of what goes on in our name.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.