It’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
TOM PETTYYou get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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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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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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The poison came in liquid, she was naked all the time.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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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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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 would never put my songs in a commercial.
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You believe what you want to believe.
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I don’t believe in censorship, but I do believe that an artist has to take some moral responsibility for what he or she is putting out there.
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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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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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