I 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.”
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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What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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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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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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Let’s get to the point Let’s roll another joint.
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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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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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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 always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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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 barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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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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Last dance with Mary Jane One more time to kill the pain I feel summer creepin’ in and I’m Tired of this town again.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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