I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
TOM PETTYAny time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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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.
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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 got my own way of praying.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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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’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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 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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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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