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.
TOM PETTYYeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
More Tom Petty Quotes
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When you kill somebody’s little sister with a missile, he’s going to hate you forever. And the next generation will hate you even more.
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Lord, please watch over all these lost children born to chase the hurricane.
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If you don’t run, you rust.
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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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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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At the end of the day, you’re just phonograph records.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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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 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.
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Redemption comes to those who wait, forgiveness is the key.
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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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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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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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