You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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 have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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If you don’t run, you rust.
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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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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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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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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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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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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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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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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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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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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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