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.
TOM PETTYYou 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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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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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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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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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