I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
TOM PETTYDo something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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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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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
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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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You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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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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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’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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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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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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