Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
TOM PETTYIf you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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 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.
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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 always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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She’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
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Gonna wind it up on my guitar. Gonna make that silver sing.
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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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I love the music. I’m never, ever tired of playing it.
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When you get older, your health becomes important to you, things start breaking down, you’ve always got a different ache or pain.
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Every verse a diamond, every chorus gold, the sound was my salvation. It was only everything, before money became king.
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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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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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