Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
TOM PETTYWe 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.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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If I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
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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 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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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The 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.
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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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How about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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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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A rebel without a clue.
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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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I got my own way of praying.
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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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