Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
TOM PETTYNo matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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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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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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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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My sister got lucky, married a yuppie, and took him for all he was worth. Now she’s a swinger dating a singer, I can’t decide which is worse.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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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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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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I got my own way of praying.
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