As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
TOM PETTY
TOM PETTY
Tom Petty on celebration
Tom Petty112 quotes“As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.”
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Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
Tom PettyTom Petty I think it’s important to always offer something new.
Tom PettyTom Petty You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
Tom PettyTom Petty Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
Tom PettyTom Petty Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
Tom PettyTom Petty Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
Tom PettyTom Petty 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.
Tom PettyTom Petty If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
Tom PettyTom Petty Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
Tom PettyTom Petty No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
Tom PettyTom Petty I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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Karl LagerfeldKarl Lagerfeld Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.
Nadine GordimerNadine Gordimer They have no manners and are woefully unable to deal with any social predicament. Their idea of a celebration is to go to a public house and drink six beers. They are mean, malicious and envious . They are scum.
W. Somerset MaughamW. Somerset Maugham Evolution and creationism both require faith. It’s just a matter of where you choose to place that faith.
Ben CarsonBen Carson We need magic, and bliss, and power, myth, and celebration and religion in our lives, and music is a good way to encapsulate a lot of it.
Jerry GarciaJerry Garcia I will celebrate this life of mine, with or without you. The moon does not need the sun to tell her she is already whole.
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