No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
TOM PETTY
TOM PETTY
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
Tom PettyTom Petty The waiting is the hardest part.
Tom PettyTom Petty I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
Tom PettyTom Petty There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
Tom PettyTom Petty So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
Tom PettyTom Petty You believe what you want to believe.
Tom PettyTom Petty You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
Tom PettyTom Petty Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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 PettyTom Petty Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
Tom PettyTom Petty I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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With new relationships, we get scared of being loved because we scared of rejection. Don’t let your fears ruin a perfectly good relationship.
Emily BockEmily Bock I love having someone to talk to all night.
Sophie SmithSophie Smith It is a loud war to love you in silence.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi Don’t let unimportant people have too much power over you.
Hei-Ran ParkHei-Ran Park Remember that your purpose is indeed to be nothing else but YOU, all that you are and all that you want to be.
ShamaShama I like the crazy ones- the ones made of a little bit of human and a lot of star.
Lauren EdenLauren Eden Let go and trust in the higher power to guide you.
Lisa RoseLisa Rose Let the music fill the empty patches of your soul. And heal you.
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Or a guitar string; as I walked into the room, he lovingly placed the bundle on his head.
Alan GoldsherAlan Goldsher I played guitar. I’ve always considered myself an actor, but I wasn’t making a living as an actor. So I was in a couple of folk groups that managed to keep me in underwear and burritos.
Alan ArkinAlan Arkin I like the guitar-driven music of Nirvana at its peak. At that point, I thought there was a lot of really exciting music coming out.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic I don’t want to pooh-pooh modern pop. I appreciate that as well, but my personal favorite kind of music is guitar-based rock. I like grunge and garage bands and alternative music, but that’s more my personal taste.
Al YankovicAl Yankovic And he was about my age, and he just, that finished off my guitar career, just like that, in one afternoon.
Al KooperAl Kooper For my 20th birthday in March, I’ll buy myself a present for doing my best. A one way ticket to Tokyo. All I need is my guitar and a pack of cigarettes.
Ai YazawaAi Yazawa Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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