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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

Tom Petty

Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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Born Children Hurricane Lost
You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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Hell Job Yourself
Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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Beginning Best Horizon Intention Sky
There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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Choice Freedom Human Voice
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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Hope Ideal Myself Thinking Weird
Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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Communication Healing Life Magic Move Music Myself Reality
Some grow young, some grow cold.
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Cold Growth Young
Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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Hope Passion Pay Success Yourself
Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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Lose Luck Pride
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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Artist Believe Herself Responsibility
I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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Better Interesting Myself Quit Watch
Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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Diamond King Money Sound
If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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Imagination Sale Yourself
I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Comfortable Man Myself
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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Affordable Industry Internet Music Payment Steal Way
It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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Dedication Easy Fame Hall Life Myself

I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.

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