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.
TOM PETTYYou spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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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’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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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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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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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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If you don’t run, you rust.
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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.
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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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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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