I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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 would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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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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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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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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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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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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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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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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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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