I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
TOM PETTYDo something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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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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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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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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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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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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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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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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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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The waiting is the hardest part.
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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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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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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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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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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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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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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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