I would never put my songs in a commercial.
TOM PETTYAnd 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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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’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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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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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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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.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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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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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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