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 PETTYBuy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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When 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.
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I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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