God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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 and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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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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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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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 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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What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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