You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
TOM PETTYGod, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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 would never put my songs in a commercial.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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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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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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