You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
TOM PETTYI’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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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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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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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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I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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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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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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