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.
TOM PETTYIt’s funny how the music industry is enraged about the Internet and the way things are copied without being paid for. But you know why people steal the music? Because they can’t afford the music.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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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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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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In a world that keeps on pushing me around, I’m gonna stand my ground, and I won’t back down.
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As we celebrate mediocrity, all the boys upstairs want to see. How much you’ll pay for what you used to get for free.
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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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A rebel without a clue.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I remember things being more clearer, at one time things were more real.
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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 learning to fly, but I ain’t got wings. Coming down is the hardest thing.
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