I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
TOM PETTY
TOM PETTY
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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!
Tom PettyTom Petty Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
Tom PettyTom Petty Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
Tom PettyTom Petty There’s a freeway running through the yard.
Tom PettyTom Petty As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
Tom PettyTom Petty Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m Tired of this town again.
Tom PettyTom Petty George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
Tom PettyTom Petty
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I am the universe, and every possibility belongs to me.
Courtney PeppernellCourtney Peppernell The only thing that changed about you is me.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays He is my heaven and my hell. Serving passion and poison with the same spoon, and i am a sucker for a taste.
Laura Natoli-KearneyLaura Natoli-Kearney My mistakes tell me I am quite human, but my brief flashes of brilliance tell me I am divine, too.
Rachel WolchinRachel Wolchin She now finds solace in vanilla-scented daydreams, as her soul sings away in a musical symphony of humid breaths and well-favored smiles.
Megan LaoMegan Lao Some things won’t change-some things can’t.
Julia Kellogg HenryJulia Kellogg Henry My blood is fifty percent alcohol the other half was you.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Darling, you don’t fear love, you fear of loving wrong.
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There’s magic in the water that draws all men away form the land, that leads them over hills, down creeks and streams and rivers to the sea.
Herman MelvilleHerman Melville I never think about the downs. Well, only when I get asked during interviews.
Bruce WillisBruce Willis Don’t let the bastards get you down.
Barbara WaltersBarbara Walters Its fun for me to go on other folks talk shows. When youve endured the ups and downs and tensions and pitfalls of hosting, being a guest is a piece of angel food.
Dick CavettDick Cavett Ain’t no point in stopping or slowing down. Ain’t like no ‘A’ight, I’m done with this, now take a break,’ you just keep going.
King VonKing Von Falling down ain’t falling down, If you don’t cry when you hit the floor, It’s called the past cause I’m getting past, And I ain’t nothing like I was before, You ought to see me now.
Alicia KeysAlicia Keys Through Kurt I saw the beauty of minimalism and the importance of music that’s stripped down.
Dave GrohlDave Grohl There’s a destitute side, a breakdown in me. My subversive pursuit to finally be free.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey