I have never been comfortable being the front man.
TOM PETTY
TOM PETTY
More from Tom 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 Some grow young, some grow cold.
Tom PettyTom Petty I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
Tom PettyTom Petty The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
Tom PettyTom Petty Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
Tom PettyTom Petty I think it’s important to always offer something new.
Tom PettyTom Petty You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
Tom PettyTom Petty
Original quotes
From our community writers
Caught inside my mind trapped between its horrid lines losing precious time.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Some women will have you look at life differently.
Eleni SophiaEleni Sophia The biggest reward often require the largest risks.
Nicole BrownNicole Brown Being with you is familiar, like playing guitar after some time; the theory is there but my fingers have forgotten the chords.
AstaAsta Late-night conservations, Breathtaking memories, and an endless sky full of unseen dazzling stars. That’s how I want to remember us.
AurthurAurthur Nothing is more terrifying than falling in love.
Helena DegnHelena Degn People who cannot see through souls will keep searching for beauty in faces and will never find it.
Shilpa GoelShilpa Goel There is someone out there waiting to love you in all the ways you deserve.
Ashley PrzywolskiAshley Przywolski
Meet the writers