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.
TOM PETTYI think it’s important to always offer something new.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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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 don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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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.
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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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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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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 would never put my songs in a commercial.
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