I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
TOM PETTYI got my own way of praying.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I 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.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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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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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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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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