You believe what you want to believe.
TOM PETTYMusic 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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 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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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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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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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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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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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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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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The 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.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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