I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
TOM PETTYI always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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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 have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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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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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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 have never been comfortable being the front man.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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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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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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