I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
TOM PETTYTime to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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 had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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A rebel without a clue.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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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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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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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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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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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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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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