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.
TOM PETTYI’ve always had a great love for the blues.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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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.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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