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.
TOM PETTYI 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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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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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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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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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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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’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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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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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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 have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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A rebel without a clue.
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