Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
TOM PETTYExcuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
TOM PETTYThere’s a freeway running through the yard.
TOM PETTYAny time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
TOM PETTYSomewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
TOM PETTYThe waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
TOM PETTYEven the losers get lucky sometimes!
TOM PETTYI 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’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
TOM PETTYI always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
TOM PETTYI’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
TOM PETTYI have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
TOM PETTYWhere the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
TOM PETTYWhat I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
TOM PETTYI think it’s important to always offer something new.
TOM PETTYI’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
TOM PETTYMusic 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.
TOM PETTY