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 PETTYI 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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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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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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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 learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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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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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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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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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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