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.
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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What I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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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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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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I’m always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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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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 would never put my songs in a commercial.
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Good loving is hard to find, you got lucky babe, when I found you.
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