I’ve never had any idea that what I like would resonate with the audience, and I’m pleasantly surprised when it does.
TOM PETTYI think to be successful you have to work really hard but you also have to have a little bit of luck.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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I’ve always had a great love for the blues.
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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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The waiting is the hardest part, every day you get one more yard. You take it on faith, you take it to the heart, the waiting is hardest part.
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I think for it to be hip to be idealistic is weird, you know? I mean, even all the best rebels to me, had some sense of hope in them.
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A rebel without a clue.
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I always liked the idea of the guitar – because cowboys played the guitar.
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I’m barely prolific and incredibly lazy.
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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 have never been comfortable being the front man.
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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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Time to move on, time to get going. What lies ahead I have no way of knowing. But under my feet, baby, grass is growing.
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I would never put my songs in a commercial.
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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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I got my own way of praying.
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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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