A rebel without a clue.
TOM PETTYThat’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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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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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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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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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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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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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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