I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
TOM PETTYI like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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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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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.
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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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 get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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