Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
TOM PETTYSomewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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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 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 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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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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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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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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