I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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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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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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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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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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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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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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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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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.
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I don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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