I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
TOM PETTYThe poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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.
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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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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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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 believe what you want to believe.
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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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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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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing 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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