I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
TOM PETTYI’ve got a room at the top of the world tonight. I can see everything tonight.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I got my own way of praying.
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So I started out for God knows where. I guess I’ll know when I get there.
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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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You and I will meet again, When we’re least expecting it, One day in some far off place, I will recognize your face, I won’t say goodbye my friend, For you and I will meet again.
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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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I’m not any happier anywhere than when I’m in the studio. I’m over the moon about it. It keeps me young, it keeps me feeling like I have some purpose.
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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 should have known right then it was too good to last, God, it’s such a drag when you’re livin’ in the past
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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 always having fun. Playing is fun. Music is fun.
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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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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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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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I have never been comfortable being the front man.
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Most things I worry about never happen anyway.
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