Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers Quotes
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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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Gypsies at home watching Jerry Falwell on TV, might mean something to you, it ain't nothing to me.
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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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I'm not any happier anywhere than when I'm in the studio. I'm over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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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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It's always been great to be onstage. It's really effortless up there. It's not a lot of work.
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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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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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Honey, don't walk out, I'm too drunk to follow.
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If you're not getting older, you're dead.
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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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We think the barns are a statewide significance...
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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 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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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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She's a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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Excuse me if I have/some place in my mind/where I go time to time.
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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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I loved working with Bob Dylan.
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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 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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There was no use pretending, no magic left to hear, all the music gave me was a craving for lite beer.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there's always something else to learn.
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He don't wanna change, what don't need to change.