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.
TOM PETTYThere’s a freeway running through the yard.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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A rebel without a clue.
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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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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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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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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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