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.
TOM PETTYI’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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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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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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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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 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 think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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