I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
TOM PETTYYou can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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I got my own way of praying.
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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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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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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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