I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
TOM PETTYI would never put my songs in a commercial.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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 love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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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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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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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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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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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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