I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
TOM PETTYI have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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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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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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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 like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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