It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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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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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 have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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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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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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A rebel without a clue.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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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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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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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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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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I don’t think it’s a good attitude in your life to feel that you have to be rich to have self-esteem.
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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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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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