No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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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 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 think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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I like making money like anybody else, and I’m paid well, but I think there is a point at which you can out-price your audience or your base.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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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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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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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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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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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’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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