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.
TOM PETTYYou need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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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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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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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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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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If you don’t run, you rust.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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