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.
TOM PETTYBuy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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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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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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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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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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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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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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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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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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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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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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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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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