I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
TOM PETTYSome grow young, some grow cold.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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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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That’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.
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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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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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