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.
TOM PETTYYou get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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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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’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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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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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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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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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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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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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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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m Tired of this town again.
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