Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
TOM PETTYI always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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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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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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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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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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