A rebel without a clue.
TOM PETTYI’ve always had a great love for the blues.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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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’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.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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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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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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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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.
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