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.
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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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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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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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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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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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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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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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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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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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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