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.
TOM PETTYShe’s a good girl, crazy about Elvis, loves horses, and her boyfriend, too.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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Buy me a drink, sing me a song; take me as I come, cause I can’t stay long.
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Free Fallin” is a very good song. Maybe it would be one of my favorites if it hadn’t become this huge anthem. But I’m grateful that people like it.
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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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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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I’m tired of screwing up. I’m tired of being down. I’m tired of myself. I’m tired of bein’ down.
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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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I always tell my kids, “Find something that you love and within that you’ll find some job that you can do and you’ll always be happy. You’ll go to a job that you want to go to.”
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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 think watching the TV news is bad for you. It is bad for your physical health and your mental health.
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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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We 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.
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You spend your life dreaming, running ’round in a trance, You hang out forever and still miss the dance, And if you get lucky, you might find someone, To help you get over the pain that will come.
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I’m so tired of being tired. Sure as night will follow day most things I worry about will never happen anyway.
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That’s stupid. You couldn’t pay me to go. I’m not oversimplifying it. That’s what’s going on. I don’t think it would be any fun without the drugs. It’s a drug party.
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