I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
TOM PETTYI think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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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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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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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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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 love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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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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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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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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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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