If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play 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 interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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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’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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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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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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