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.
TOM PETTYGonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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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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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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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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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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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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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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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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