The waiting is the hardest part.
TOM PETTYLord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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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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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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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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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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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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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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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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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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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 don’t understand the ones that have no sense of hope and invest in hate. That’s not gonna work out, you know? It’s a waste of your time!
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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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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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