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.
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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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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’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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