I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
TOM PETTYNo matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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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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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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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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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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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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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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I got my own way of praying.
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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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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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