I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
TOM PETTYThe waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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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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I think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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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 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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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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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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A rebel without a clue.
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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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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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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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Some days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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