Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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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 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 always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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I got my own way of praying.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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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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What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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