You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
TOM PETTYRunning down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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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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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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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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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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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’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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