Yeah, the world would swing if I were king. Can I help it if I still dream time to time?
TOM PETTYI love history, doesn’t matter what era, I’m fascinated.
More Tom Petty Quotes
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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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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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I don’t treat the band like I’m above them or that they’re a hired hand for me. We’ve never worked that way. So I’m a team player. I would be very uncomfortable having to do this alone.
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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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No matter how long you play the guitar, there’s always something else to learn.
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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 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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You believe what you want to believe. You see, you don’t have to live like a refugee.
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We could move catalog, if he’d only die quicker.
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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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God, it’s so painful when something that’s so close is still so far out of reach.
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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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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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You get into your late fifties, people start falling like flies all around you. I don’t take life for granted any more. I’m really glad to be here.
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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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