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.
TOM PETTYI’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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I got my own way of praying.
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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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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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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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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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I never could have dreamed that her heart was so wicked, but I keep coming back because it’s so hard to kick it.
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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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