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.
TOM PETTYWe could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I like a good beer. Of course, I’ll drink a bad one too. Let no person thirst for lack of real ale! Thank god for long-necked bottles, the angel’s remedy.
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And the days went by like paper in the wind. Everything changed, then changed again. It’s hard to find a friend. It’s hard to find a friend.
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Some grow young, some grow cold.
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It’s very easy to be cynical about the hall of fame. But on the other hand, it’s really a beautiful thing for someone like me. I dedicated my entire life to this music.
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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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I’m not trying to be cool. I have a problem with lights. I have one eye that’s become super-sensitive to lighting, so I do wear sunglasses quite a bit.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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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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Any time you’re making a living at what you love to do, you’re blessed.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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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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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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