The waiting is the hardest part.
TOM PETTYHow about a cheer for all those bad girls! And all those boys that play that rock ‘n’ roll! They love it like you love Jesus.
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If you look around at America, that’s one of its biggest problems is you have corporations that can never be pleased at a profit.
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But not me, baby, I’ve got you to save me.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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I had the radio on, I was driving. Trees flew by, me and Del were singing, Little Runaway, I was flying.
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You belong among the wildflowers You belong in a boat out at sea You belong with your love on your arm You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Some 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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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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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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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’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
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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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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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Music is probably the only real magic I have encountered in my life. There’s not some trick involved with it. It’s pure and it’s real. It moves, it heals, it communicates and does all these incredible things.
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Somewhere, somehow, somebody must have kicked you around some. Tell me, why you want to lay there, revel in your abandon?
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