I’m learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
TOM PETTYIf I’d had to work at Taco Bell I’d have still been out at night trying to play music.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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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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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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You can stand me up at the gates of hell, but I won’t back down.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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I think it’s important to always offer something new.
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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.
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I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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I’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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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 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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If you stretch your imagination, I’ll tell you all a tale, about a time when everything wasn’t up for sale.
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You get in there, you get the job done and you get the hell out.
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