God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
TOM PETTYIf you don’t run, you rust.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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I’m actually better on the guitar than when I started, I think, because I’ve had so much time with it and I still practice and I love to do it and I love to sing.
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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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It’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.
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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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Oh yeah, alright, take it easy baby, make it last all night. She was an American Girl.
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I think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
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Sometimes life, will get you down, break your heart, steal your crown.
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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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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’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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You belong somewhere you feel free.
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Where the sky begins, the horizon ends, despite the best intentions.
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Even the losers get lucky sometimes!
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