God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
TOM PETTYI’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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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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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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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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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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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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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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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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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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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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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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