You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
TOM PETTYI’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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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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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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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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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.
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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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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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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 always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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