George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
TOM PETTYI always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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 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 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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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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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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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 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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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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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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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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