Running down a dream… working on a mystery… going wherever it leads.
TOM PETTYAt twilight time the smog makes a rainbow.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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Do something you really like, and hopefully it pays the rent. As far as I’m concerned, that’s success.
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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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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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I’m not interested in the TV much. I quit watching the news a couple years ago and my outlook on life has gotten a whole lot better.
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I developed a problem with authority. Any time that authority was what I interpreted as being unjust, I stood up to it, and that became my personality.
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I’ll stand my ground and I won’t back down.
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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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You were the one who made things different, you were the one who took me in. You were the one thing I could count on, above all, you were my friend.
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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 barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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Music really isn’t supposed to be perfect. It’s all about people relating to each other and doing something that’s really from the soul. It must come from the soul.
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Go after what you really love and find a way to make that work for you, and then you’ll be a happy person.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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Just wonderin’, waitin’, worryin’ about some silly little things, that just don’t add up to nothin’.
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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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Even the losers get lucky sometimes. Even the losers keep a little bit of pride. They get lucky sometimes.
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I’m not exactly a guy who makes new friends easily.
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If you listen long enough you can hear my skin grow tough love is painful to the touch must be made of stronger stuff.
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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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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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I love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
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There goes your freedom of choice, there goes the last human voice.
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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.
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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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I got my own way of praying.
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