You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
TOM PETTY
TOM PETTY
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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.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
Tom PettyTom Petty If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
Tom PettyTom Petty We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
Tom PettyTom Petty If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
Tom PettyTom Petty If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty You belong somewhere you feel free.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
Tom PettyTom Petty I would never put my songs in a commercial.
Tom PettyTom Petty We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
Tom PettyTom Petty When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
Tom PettyTom Petty I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
Tom PettyTom Petty
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D. H. LawrenceD. H. Lawrence My soul has painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury Round and round we spin, with feet of lead and wings of tin.
Kurt VonnegutKurt Vonnegut My soul is painted like the wings of butterflies, Fairy tales of yesterday will grow but never die, I can fly, my friends.
Freddie MercuryFreddie Mercury Feet?? What do I need you for, When I have wings to fly.
MadonnaMadonna The walls of my room turn gray, the world began to crumble, the flowers withered, the birds lost their wings, the paintings became colorless, the sunlight was lost and the moon was no more.
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