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.
TOM PETTY
TOM PETTY
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Tom Petty112 quotes“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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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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Tom PettyTom Petty I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
Tom PettyTom Petty I got my own way of praying.
Tom PettyTom Petty Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
Tom PettyTom Petty Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
Tom PettyTom Petty When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
Tom PettyTom Petty I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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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I used to soak my mitts in a bucket of water for about two days. Then I’d put a couple of baseballs in the pocket and wrap it up with a rubber band.
Bob UeckerBob Uecker I’ve asked these guys in rock bands with all the 18-wheelers driving to the venue how they make money. I just don’t understand it. But I don’t understand a lot of things.
Ron WhiteRon White My favorite bands are the Allman Brothers and Red Hot Chili Peppers.
Ron WhiteRon White The baby boomers’ politics have covered a wide band of silliness, from the Weather Underground to the Timothy McVeigh types. The great majority of us are well in the middle of that spectrum, but still, there’s been both leftie silliness and right-wing silliness.
P. J. O'RourkeP. J. O'Rourke Christian music has taken a turn towards worship music, which has turned into a lot of bands and those types of sounds.
Alan PowellAlan Powell I remember a time when I would hear a band and then want to hear everything that sounded like it;
Alan PalomoAlan Palomo He’s a million rubber bands in his resilience.
Alan Kooi SimpsonAlan Kooi Simpson There’s no real template to follow these days for what a band should and shouldn’t be – bands are just becoming these weird little Internet avatars that you either follow or download or interact with in some removed way.
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