You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
TOM PETTYI 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.”
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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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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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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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 have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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