You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
TOM PETTYSome days are diamonds, some days are rocks. Some doors are opened, some roads are blocked. Sundowns are golden, then fade away. And if I never do nothing, I’ll get you back someday.
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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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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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’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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You need eagles wings to get over things that make no sense in this world.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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If you’re not getting older, you’re dead.
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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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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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At twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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