I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
TOM PETTYI think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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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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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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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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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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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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