So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
TOM PETTYThat’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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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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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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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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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.
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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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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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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.
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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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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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