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.
TOM PETTYI 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.
TOM PETTYI’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
TOM PETTYWhat I’ve learned about marriage: You need to have each other’s back; you have to be a kind of team going through life.
TOM PETTYLord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
TOM PETTYYou and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
TOM PETTYI 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.
TOM PETTYI got my own way of praying.
TOM PETTYHow 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.
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.
TOM PETTYI had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
TOM PETTYI’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
TOM PETTYI would never put my songs in a commercial.
TOM PETTYMost things I worry about never happen anyway.
TOM PETTYJust wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
TOM PETTYI’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
TOM PETTYI’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
TOM PETTY