You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
TOM PETTYYou can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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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 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’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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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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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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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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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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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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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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