I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
TOM PETTYI ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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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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You believe what you want to believe.
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I got my own way of praying.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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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.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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I don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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A rebel without a clue.
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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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 had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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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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