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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.

Tom Petty

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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Affordable Industry Internet Music Payment Steal Way
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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Goodness Known Live Myself Past
I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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Authority Development Myself Personality Problem Time
You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Feeling Freedom Yourself
I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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Audience Money Pay Price Yourself
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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Hope Ideal Myself Thinking Weird
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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Fall Life People Start Yourself
No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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Guitar Instrument Learning Play
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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Alone Band Hands Myself Respect Treat Uncomfortable
I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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Commercial Myself Song
So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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God Known Myself Start
I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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Fly Hard Learning Myself Wings
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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Myself Stand World
I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Incredible Lazy Myself
If you don’t run, you rust.
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Exercise Move Run Rust Yourself
Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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Herself Night

Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.

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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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