I would never put my songs in a commercial.
TOM PETTYIt’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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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You believe what you want to believe.
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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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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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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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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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I got my own way of praying.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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 don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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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 love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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