You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
TOM PETTYThe waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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I don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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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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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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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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A rebel without a clue.
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