Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
TOM PETTYI have never been comfortable being the front man.
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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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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