I would never put my songs in a commercial.
TOM PETTYI’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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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 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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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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