You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
TOM PETTYEven the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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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’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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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.
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You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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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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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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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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