I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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More Tom Petty Quotes
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We don’t really make bad records, though some people might like some more than others. And we have never really done a bad show. So I think in a way maybe we’ve been taken for granted.
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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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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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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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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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Excuse me if I have some place in my mind where I go time to time.
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There’s a freeway running through the yard.
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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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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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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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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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Honey, don’t walk out, I’m too drunk to follow.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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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 always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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George Harrison was the kind of guy who wasn’t going to leave until he hugged you for five minutes and told you how much he loved you.
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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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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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