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.
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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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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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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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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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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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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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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