I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
TOM PETTYThe waiting is the hardest part.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I got my own way of praying.
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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’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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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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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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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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You believe what you want to believe.
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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m Tired of this town again.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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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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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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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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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’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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