You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
TOM PETTYI should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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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 love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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