I should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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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 learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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The waiting is the hardest part.
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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 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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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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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 got my own way of praying.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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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.
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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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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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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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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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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