You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
TOM PETTYSome grow young, some grow cold.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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I wouldn’t want to get stuck being an oldie-goldie group, but I don’t mind. I think all the trouble you go through these days to go to one of these concerts, I think I owe them a bit of what they came to hear.
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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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I ain’t really sure, but it seems I remember the good times.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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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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If you don’t run, you rust.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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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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You believe what you want to believe.
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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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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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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
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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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Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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