I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
TOM PETTYIf you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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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’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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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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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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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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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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