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
TOM PETTYWhen you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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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.
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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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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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