I would never put my songs in a commercial.
TOM PETTYIf you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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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.
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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.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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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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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 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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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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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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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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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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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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.
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