Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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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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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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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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The music business looks like, you know, innocent schoolboys compared to the TV business. They care about nothing but profit.
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There was rock and roll across the dial, when I think of her it makes me smile.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don't have to live like a refugee.
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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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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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Any time you're making a living at what you love to do, you're blessed.
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I'm so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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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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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.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
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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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I started playing the bass because nobody else would play the bass, and then I got bumped up into singing because no one else really wanted to sing. So I learned how to sing and I wrote the songs, so I tended to get the most attention.
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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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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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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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I think sometimes maybe you're going to connect with the audience more than others, but the journey is about getting all there is to get out of this group of people.